Steppe Definition
stĕp
steppes
noun
Any of the great plains of SE Europe and Asia, having few trees.
Webster's New World
Any similar plain.
Webster's New World
More properly, the name given vast cold, dry grass-plains.
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Noun
Singular:
steppe
Plural:
steppesOrigin of Steppe
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1671. From German or French, in turn from Russian степь (step', “flat grassy plain") or Ukrainian степ (step). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sÑŠtep'), related to топот (tópot), топтать (toptát').
From Wiktionary
German from Russian step'
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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