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

  1. Behaving as though affected by alcohol including...

Ancestry of “inebriated”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininēbriātusintoxicated, having been intoxicated
2Latininēbriōto inebriate someone, make someone drunk, intoxicate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inebriated”

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