Where does “iracundity” come from?
iracundity (English) comes from English iracund, from Latin īrācundus, from Latin īra, from Latin eira, from Proto-Italic eisā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eys- — to propel; to move quickly.
iracundity (English): anger; irritability
Definitions
- anger; irritability
Ancestry of “iracundity”, step by step
iracundity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English iracund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | iracund | Angry; irritable |
| 2 | Latin | īrācundus | hasty of temper, hot-tempered, irritable, irascible, predisposed to anger, prone to anger, quick to anger; passionate, wrathful |
| 3 | Latin | īra | ire, anger, wrath |
| 4 | Latin | eira | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eisā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eys- | to propel; to move quickly |