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Where does “stæpe” come from?

stæpe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic stapiz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑.

stæpe (Old English): step; degree

Definitions

  1. step; degree

Ancestry of “stæpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstapiza step
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ‑—

Words derived from “stæpe”

  • step
  • stape
  • steppe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ‑ →