Where does “etiolare” come from?

etiolare (Romanian) comes from Romanian etiola, from French étioler, from French étieuler, from Old French estuble, 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.

etiolare (Romanian): etiolation

Definitions

  1. etiolation

Ancestry of “etiolare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianetiolato etiolate
2Frenchétiolerto etiolate
3Frenchétieuler—
4Old Frenchestublestubble
5Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
6Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
7Proto-Italicstipsstalk
8Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp- →Every word from Proto-Italic stips →Every word from Proto-Italic stipelā →