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stirps
[ sturps ]
noun
, plural stir·pes [stur, -peez].
- a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- Law. a person from whom a family is descended.
- Biology Now Rare. a family, superfamily, or permanent variety.
stirps
/ stɜːps /
noun
- genealogy a line of descendants from an ancestor; stock or strain
- botany a race or variety, esp one in which the characters are maintained by cultivation
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stirps1
1675–85; < Latin: rootstock, trunk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stirps1
C17: from Latin: root, family origin
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