Where does “irate” come from?

Irate comes from Latin iratus, the past participle of irasci, meaning to be angry, derived from Latin ira meaning anger, which traces to Proto-Indo-European h₁eys-.

irate (English): Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged

Definitions

  1. Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged

Ancestry of “irate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīrātusangry, irate, angered, enraged, furious, wrathful
2Latinīraire, anger, wrath
3Latineira—
4Proto-Italiceisā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eys-to propel; to move quickly

Words derived from “irate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eys- →Every word from Proto-Italic eisā →Every word from Latin eira →