Where does “štampa” come from?

štampa (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian stampa, from Italian stampare, from Frankish stampōn, from Proto-Germanic stampōną, from Proto-Indo-European stemb‑ — to support, stomp, rant, amaze.

štampa (Serbo-Croatian): press (print based media, usually newspapers or magazines)

Definitions

  1. press (print based media, usually newspapers or magazines)

Ancestry of “štampa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstampapress; print; printing
2Italianstampareto print, to run off; to stamp, to imprint, to...
3Frankishstampōn—
4Proto-Germanicstampōnąto compress, to squeeze; to stamp
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstemb‑to support, stomp, rant, amaze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stemb‑ →Every word from Proto-Germanic stampōną →Every word from Frankish stampōn →