stirps

(stʉrps)

noun pl. stirpes

  1. family or branch of a family
  2. Law the person from whom a family or branch of a family is descended

Origin: L, lit., a stalk, trunk, root < IE base *ster-, rigid, stiff, stare

See stirps in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. stir·pes (stûrˈpēz)
  1. A line of descendants of common ancestry; stock.
  2. Law A person from whom a family is descended.

Origin:

Origin: Latin, stem, lineage

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