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Where does “Stipa” come from?

Stipa (Translingual) comes from Latin stipa, from Latin stipes, from Proto-Indo-European steypos, from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

Ancestry of “Stipa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstipasecond-person singular present active imperative...
2Latinstipespost, tree trunk; log; stake
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteypos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect
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