Where does “inebriate” come from?

Inebriate comes from Latin inebriāre, formed from the prefix in- and ebrius (drunk), whose root ne- derives from Proto-Indo-European ne (not) and h₁én (being), with the adjective suffix -ós.

inebriate (English): A person who is intoxicated, especially one who...

Definitions

  1. A person who is intoxicated, especially one who...

Ancestry of “inebriate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininēbriōto inebriate someone, make someone drunk, intoxicate
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inebriate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →