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Where does “hyperirritable” come from?

hyperirritable (English) comes from English irritable, from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis, from Latin irrito, from Latin irritus, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.

hyperirritable (English): Excessively prone to irritation

Definitions

  1. Excessively prone to irritation

Ancestry of “hyperirritable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishirritableCapable of being irritated; Easily exasperated or...
2Frenchirritableirritable
3Latinirritabilisirritable, irascible, short-tempered; excitable,...
4LatinirritoI incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke;...
5Latinirritusinvalid, void, null and void; ineffective,...
6Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
7Latinrēōr—
8Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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