Where does “irritainment” come from?
irritainment (English) comes from English irritating, from English irritate, from Latin irritatus, from Latin irritus, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
irritainment (English): Entertainment that annoys, embarrasses, or upsets...
Definitions
- Entertainment that annoys, embarrasses, or upsets...
Ancestry of “irritainment”, step by step
irritainment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irritating
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irritating | Causing irritation, annoyance or pain;... |
| 2 | English | irritate | To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in;... |
| 3 | Latin | irritatus | incited, excited, stimulated, instigated,... |
| 4 | Latin | irritus | invalid, void, null and void; ineffective,... |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English entertainment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | entertainment | An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment,... |
| 2 | English | entertain | To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably |
| 3 | Old French | entretenir | to support one another |
| 4 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 5 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |