Steep Definition
Origin of Steep
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From Middle English stepen, from Old Norse steypa (“to make stoop, cast down, pour out, cast (metal)"), from Proto-Germanic *staupijanÄ… (“to tumble, make tumble, plunge"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, hit"). Cognate with Danish støbe (“cast (metal)"), Norwegian støpe, støype, Swedish stöpa (“to found, cast (metal)"), Old English stÅ«pian (“to stoop, bend the back, slope"). More at stoop.
From Wiktionary
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Old English stÄ“ap (“high"), from Proto-Germanic *staupaz (compare Old Frisian stap, Middle High German *stouf), from Proto-Indo-European *steup- (“to push, stick"). The Proto-Indo-European root (related) has many and varied descendants, including English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to forcibly insert").
From Wiktionary
The sense of “sharp slope" is attested circa 1200; the sense “expensive" is attested US 1856.
From Wiktionary
Middle English stepen perhaps of Old English origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English stepe from Old English stēap
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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