Steppe
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late 17th century: from Russian stepʹ .
wiktionary
From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь(stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”) or Ukrainian степ(step). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь(sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот(topot), топтать(toptatĭ).
etymonline
steppe (n.)
vast treeless plain of southeastern Europe and of Asia, 1670s, from German steppe and directly from Russian step', of unknown origin. Introduced in Western Europe by von Humboldt.
