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Proto-Indo-European
# *ster- **Type:** Etymological root **Language:** Proto-Indo-European **Slug:** ster ## Words From This Root - steal - To take something that belongs to someone else without permission. - stern - Serious and strict, expecting to be obeyed. - sterile - free from living germs, or unable to produce offspring
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Words from this root
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steal
A2
/stiːl/
To take something that belongs to someone else without permission.
stern
B2
/stɝn/
Serious and strict, expecting to be obeyed.
sterile
C2+
/ˈstɛrəl/
free from living germs, or unable to produce offspring
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