C18: from New Latin stīpitātus having a stalk, from Latin stīpes; see stipe
stipitate in American English
(ˈstɪpɪˌteit)
adjective
having or supported by a stipe
a stipitate ovary
Word origin
[1775–85; ‹ NL stīpitātus, equiv. to stīpit- (s. of stīpes) stipe + -ātus-ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1775–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backup, cabriole, interference, pinafore, polyphonic-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)