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Aromanian
Etymology
Possibly ultimately from Byzantine Greek στέριφος (stériphos). Alternatively, it may be derived from Vulgar Latin *exstirpus or *extirpus, from Latin extirpo (“I root out”)
Compare Romanian sterp, Albanian shterp, shterpë, probably from the same source, and Venetan sterpa, Friulian sterpe.
Adjective
sterpu m (plural sterchi, feminine equivalent stearpã, feminine plural stearpi or stearpe)
- barren, lifeless, desolate
- sterile, infertile