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
- In an irritable manner
Ancestry of “irritably”, step by step
| 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 |