Etymograph

English

stirious

Stirious comes from Latin stiria ‘an icicle’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstiria1‘an icicle’
  2. Englishtodaystirious1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stirious

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstiriaWiktionary, English stirious‘an icicle’
  2. EnglishtodaystiriousWiktionary, English stirious

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’

still, 6 more

Today it means

adj Resembling icicles.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stirious”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin stiria / stirious

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