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Etymology · Proto-Indo-European

*ster-

4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *ster-, most common first.

stealTo take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
sternHaving a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
stareTo look fixedly (at something).
torpedoAn electric ray of the genus Torpedo.