steep
English
/stiːp/
adj
Definitions
- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- (informal) expensive
- (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
- (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English steep inherited from Old English stēap (high, a stoup, drinking vessel, flagon, cup, beaker) inherited from Proto-Germanic *staupaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (push, stick, hit, butt, knock).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)tewb-
Gloss
push, stick, hit, butt, knock
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ensteep English
- insteep English
- oversteep English
- resteep English
- steepen English
- steepener English
- steeper English
- steepeth English
- steepiness English
- steepish English
- steeple English
- steeplebush English
- steeplechase English
- steeplechasing English
- steeplehouse English
- steepleless English
- steeplelike English
- steeply English
- steepness English
- steepy English
- unsteeple English
- stupeo Latin
- Stauf German
- *(s)tewb- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *staupaz Proto-Germanic
- *stūpōną Proto-Germanic
- steap Old English
- stiepel Old English
- stēap Old English
- steep Middle English
- stepel Middle English
- stouf Old High German
- stouf Middle High German
- stap Scots