(Medieval-Latin, declension-3) stapes (bone in the middle ear)
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
[ˈsta.peːs]
Etimologia (Anglès)
From a Germanic source, possibly Frankish *stap or Old High German stapf, staph (“step, stirrup”), both from Proto-Germanic *stapiz (“a step, rung (of a ladder)”). More at step.
Alternatively: Late Latin; possibly from stō (“to stand”) + pēs (“foot”).