Where does “stridulate” come from?
stridulate (English) comes from English stridulation, from English stridulous, from Latin strīdulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
stridulate (English): To make a high-pitched chirping, grating,...
Definitions
- To make a high-pitched chirping, grating,...
Ancestry of “stridulate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stridulation | A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or... |
| 2 | English | stridulous | Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound;... |
| 3 | Latin | strīdulus | creaking, rattling, whizzing, buzzing, stridulous |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |