Proto-Indo-European

*steyp-

‘be stiff, erect’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *steyp-.

12 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *steyp-, most familiar first.

• stiff ← stīf ← *stīf ← *stīfaz ← *steypós
• stipend ← stipende ← stīpendium
• stipulation ← stipulātiō ← stipulārī ← *stipelāō ← *stipelā
• stubble ← stuble ← stuble ← estoble ← stipula
• stipulate ← stipulātus ← *stipelāō ← *stipelā ← *stips
• stevedore ← estibador ← estivar ← stivare ← stīpō
• constipate ← constipat(e) ← cōnstīpātus ← cōnstīpō ← stīpō
• astipulation ← astipulatio ← astipulor ← stipulor ← stipula
• astipulate ← astipulari ← stipulor ← stipula ← *stipelā
• etiolate ← étioler ← étieuler ← estuble ← stupla
• stipule ← stipula ← *stipelā ← *stips
• stipula ← *stipelā ← *stips

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steyp-