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Where does “stips” come from?

stips (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

stips (Proto-Italic): stalk

Definitions

  1. stalk

Ancestry of “stips”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect

Words derived from “stips”

  • stipend
  • stipendary
  • stipendless
  • stipendium
  • stips
  • stipendio
  • stipendiare
  • stypendium
  • stipend
  • stipend
  • stipendium
  • stipende
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp- →