Where does “irrigably” come from?
irrigably (English) comes from English irrigable, from English irrigate, from Latin irrigatus, from Latin irrigō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
irrigably (English): Such that it can be irrigated
Definitions
- Such that it can be irrigated
Ancestry of “irrigably”, step by step
irrigably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irrigable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irrigable | Able to be irrigated |
| 2 | English | irrigate | To supply with water, by building ditches,... |
| 3 | Latin | irrigatus | watered, irrigated; flooded, inundated;... |
| 4 | Latin | irrigō | to water or irrigate |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |