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
- A person who is intoxicated, especially one who...
Ancestry of “inebriate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | inēbriō | — |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inebriate”