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Where does “esteule” come from?

esteule (Old French) comes from Old French estoble, from Latin stipula, from Proto-Italic stipelā, from Proto-Italic stips, from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

esteule (Old French): straw

Definitions

  1. straw

Ancestry of “esteule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchestoble—
2Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
3Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
4Proto-Italicstipsstalk
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect

Words derived from “esteule”

  • stubble
  • stubbly
  • stubbled
  • etiolated
  • etiolation
  • etiolate
  • bestubbled
  • deetiolated
  • nonetiolated
  • etolin
  • stubbleless
  • étiolé
  • étieuler
  • étioler
  • stoppel
  • estuble
  • stuble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp- →