stirps

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine) rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a plant, including the roots.
2. (declension-3, feminine) a plant, shrub, shoot, sprout
3. (declension-3, feminine) lineage, race, family, stock
4. (declension-3, feminine) scion, offspring, progeny
5. (declension-3, feminine) source, origin, cause

Translations

descendance

race

racine

rhizome

portainnesto

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈstɪrps]

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sterp-, *ster- (“stiff”), related to Lithuanian sterptis (“to stiffen”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Proto-Germanic *staraz (“stiff”).