Where does “estirpe” come from?

estirpe (Portuguese) comes from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

estirpe (Portuguese): lineage, root; strain

Definitions

  1. lineage, root; strain

Ancestry of “estirpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin stirps →