Where does “irrigable” come from?
irrigable (English) comes from English irrigate, from Latin irrigatus, from Latin irrigō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
irrigable (English): Able to be irrigated
Definitions
- Able to be irrigated
Ancestry of “irrigable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irrigate | To supply with water, by building ditches,... |
| 2 | Latin | irrigatus | watered, irrigated; flooded, inundated;... |
| 3 | Latin | irrigō | to water or irrigate |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |