Where does “inebriated” come from?
Inebriated comes from Latin inebriatus, the past participle of inebrio meaning to intoxicate, formed from the prefix in- and a root derived from Proto-Indo-European ne.
inebriated (English): Behaving as though affected by alcohol including...
Definitions
- Behaving as though affected by alcohol including...
Ancestry of “inebriated”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | inēbriātus | — |
| 2 | Latin | inēbriō | — |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |