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
- Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged
Ancestry of “irate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | īrātus | — |
| 2 | Latin | īra | — |
| 3 | Latin | eira | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | eisā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eys- | to propel; to move quickly |
Words derived from “irate”