Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*(s)tewp-
5 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, most common first.
- stopTo cease moving.
- prototypeAn original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
- steepOf a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.
- archetypeAn original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned.
- step-A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.