English
stirious
Stirious comes from Latin stiria ‘an icicle’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstiria‘an icicle’
- Englishtodaystirious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstiria‘an icicle’
- Englishtodaystirious
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘stiff’
start, street, strength, stronger, strongly, strongest, straw, stare, stern, cholesterol, stereo, throttle, torpedo, starve, sterile, strenuous, instill, distillation, sterility, 14 more
through Latin stiria ‘an icicle’
Today it means
adj Resembling icicles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin stiria / stirious