stirps

[sturps]

noun

plural

stirpes 

1. a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.

2. Law.,  a person from whom a family is descended.

3. Biology Now Rare.,  a family, superfamily, or permanent variety.

stirps

/ stɜːps /

noun

1. genealogy a line of descendants from an ancestor; stock or strain

2. botany a race or variety, esp one in which the characters are maintained by cultivation

Word History and Origins

Origin of stirps¹

1675–85; < Latin: rootstock, trunk

Word History and Origins

Origin of stirps¹

C17: from Latin: root, family origin

Related Words

• clan 
• descent 
• genealogy 
• origin 
• pedigree