estirpe

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin stirps, stirpem (“rootstock”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage, root
    Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.
    You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.
  2. (biology) strain

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stirps, stirpem[1].

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage
  • estirpar

References
  1. https://www.scribd.com/doc/157209215/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-C-F-Corominas-Joan-pdf
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