The story
- Latin · derived fromstrīdulus“giving a shrill sound, creaking”
- English todaystridulation
1838, from earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”).
Words from the same roots
Latinstrīdulus all →
stridulatestridulous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.