English
stipes
Stipes comes from Latin stīpes ‘post, tree trunk’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *steypos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steyposreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstīpes‘post, tree trunk’
- Englishtodaystipes
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steyposreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstīpes‘post, tree trunk’
- Englishtodaystipes
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *steypos
Today it means
noun The vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steypos / stipes