Where does “stridulator” come from?
stridulator (English) comes from English OR, from Middle English ōr, from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō.
stridulator (English): That which stridulates
Definitions
- That which stridulates
Ancestry of “stridulator”, step by step
stridulator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via English stridulate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stridulate | To make a high-pitched chirping, grating,... |
| 2 | English | stridulation | A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or... |
| 3 | English | stridulous | Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound;... |
| 4 | Latin | strīdulus | creaking, rattling, whizzing, buzzing, stridulous |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |