~ STER~  prefix for STIFF HARD as in see> STERN
^u            start with see> STRATUM
~ STEREO~     id+ | HARD thus MATTER thus THREE DIMENSIONAL |
~ STEREOTYPE  id+ | HARD MATRIX to make REPLICAS |
~ STERILE     id+ | LIFELESS MATTER |  as in
              sug> BARREN   sug> BLANK   sug> DULL
              sug> BARE     sug> SPIRITLESS
~ STERN    id+ | again FIRM  RIGID  HARD  |  sug> DIAMOND
           id+ | MERCILESS |                 sug> ADAMANT
~ STERNON  id+ | points to CHEST |
~ STERNUM  id+ | BREASTPLATE or BREAST PLATE or CHEST |
           id+ | ANTERIOR CHEST BONE |
  see> THORAX  see> CHEST  see> BREAST
  id+ |  AGING points to STIFF and STERILE |
  id+ |  FIRM | leading to STRICT thus
         UNBENDING  HARSH thus
         INFLEXIBLE  HARSH  INEXORABLE  or
         ADAMANT as in sug> ADAMANTINE
  note   DUALITY in ETYMOLOGY pointing to
         SPREAD or WIDE and HARD or FIRM
  skr    STIRNA    = SPREAD  STREWN
         STARI       UNFRUITFUL also
                     AGING
  ukr    STARIJ      SENILE  OLD
  lat    STERILIS    same
  gr     STEIRA      OLD WOMAN thus STERILE
  lat    STERILITAS  STERILITY
  eng    STERN       HARD  ADAMANT
  eng    STEREOTYPE  CAST COPY
  lat    STEREOS     STIFF or HARD MATTER thus
                     THREE DIMENSIONAL
         STEREO      HARD RIGID MATRIX for casting
                     FIRM VOICE or SOUND   sug> STENTOR
         STERNAX     CASTING as in
         STERNERE    to SPREAD  COVER       sug> CARPET
                     what is LAID on the SOIL  or FLOOR
         STERNOR     THROWN DOWN as in KILLED or
                     PROSTRATE
  ukr    STEZHKA     TRAIL   PATH
         STEZHYTY    GUARD   WATCH
  pol    STEZH       FOLLOW  TRACK
  ukr    HRUDA       HARD BOULDER
         HRUDEN      NOVEMBER or
                     WHEN THE MUD HARDENS
         HRUD        or
  eng    CHEST       A COMB LIKE HARD THORAX
  ukr    CHESTYS     COMBING
  indeur PEKTOS      COMB
  lat    PECTO       same
         PECTUS      THORAX or
  sp     PECHO       CHEST  BOSOM  BREAST
         PEINE       COMB
  for more etymology see> STRATUM
  biol> MOST VERTEBRATES HAVE AN ARRAY OF
        MEDIAN CARTILAGINOUS BODIES THAT MAY
  CALCIFY AND BECOME BONY
  or in humans the see> PECTUS or see. CHEST
  biol> STERILE thus FREE of LIVING ORGANISMS
  med>  STERILE thus INFERTILE
  med>  STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE joins the
        STERNUM AND CLAVICLE WITH THE
  MASTOID or BREAST LIKE PROMINENCE OF
  THE OCCIPITAL BONE THUS WHEN CONTRACTING
  IT ROTATES THE HEAD SIDEWAYS
  myth> THE MARRIAGE OF HADES & PERSEPHONE WAS
        STERILE or BARREN
  note  STARCH STIFF STARK