Where does “irritableness” come from?
irritableness (English) comes from English irritable, from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis, from Latin irrito, from Latin irritus, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
irritableness (English): The quality of being irritable
Definitions
- The quality of being irritable
Ancestry of “irritableness”, step by step
irritableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irritable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irritable | Capable of being irritated; Easily exasperated or... |
| 2 | French | irritable | irritable |
| 3 | Latin | irritabilis | irritable, irascible, short-tempered; excitable,... |
| 4 | Latin | irrito | I incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke;... |
| 5 | Latin | irritus | invalid, void, null and void; ineffective,... |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |