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Where does “stem-” come from?

stem- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stem- (Proto-Indo-European): to push; to stutter; mouth, muzzle

Definitions

  1. to push; to stutter; mouth, muzzle

Ancestry of “stem-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “stem-”

  • steam
  • stem
  • steamer
  • steaming
  • stemming
  • steamboat
  • steamship
  • steamy
  • mainstem
  • steamroller
  • bluestem
  • steamboating
  • stemless
  • stemware
  • stemflow
  • steven
  • pipestem
  • steamroll
  • stemmer
  • pseudostem
  • steamboatman
  • stemplot
  • steampipe
  • stempost
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