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Where does “irritably” come from?

Irritably comes from English irritable, from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis, formed with the Latin suffix -bilis meaning "capable of being," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to strike" and "together."

irritably (English): In an irritable manner

Definitions

  1. In an irritable manner

Ancestry of “irritably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishirritableCapable of being irritated; Easily exasperated or...
2Frenchirritableirritable
3Latinirritabilisirritable, irascible, short-tempered; excitable,...
4LatinirritoI incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke;...
5Latinirritusinvalid, void, null and void; ineffective,...
6Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
7Latinrēōr—
8Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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