sterpu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from Byzantine Greek στέριφος (stérifos). Alternatively, it may be derived from a Vulgar Latin root *exstirpus or *extirpus. Compare Daco-Romanian sterp. Compare Albanian shterp, shterpë, probably from the same source, and Venetian sterpa, Friulian sterpe.

Adjective

sterpu

  1. barren, lifeless, desolate
  2. sterile, infertile
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