Etymology

stirpes

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Today it means: branches, lines of descent, used in the legal expression per stirpes. Full definition →

Latin stirpēs
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  1. Latin · derived fromstirpēs
  2. English todaystirpes

From Latin stirpēs, a plural and a collateral form of stirps (“rootstock”).

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