Etymograph

English

stupend

Stupend comes from Latin stupendus, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push, to stick’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewp-1‘to push, to stick’root named by Wiktionary
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstupendus1
  3. Englishtodaystupend1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stupend

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewp-Wiktionary, English stupend‘to push, to stick’root named by Wiktionary
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstupendusWiktionary, English stupend
  3. EnglishtodaystupendWiktionary, English stupend

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push, to stick’

stop, type, stuff, typical, steep, stubborn, timbre, stub, timpani, tympanum, 18 more

Today it means

adj Stupendous.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stupend”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- / stupend

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