stapes

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3) stirrup
2. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3) stapes (bone in the middle ear)

Έννοιες

αναβολέας

Μεταφράσεις

estribo

Steigbügel

stirrup

étrier

staffa

stijgbeugel

estribo

estrep

üzengi

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

[ˈsta.peːs]

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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”).