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Where does “irritancy” come from?

irritancy (English) comes from English irritant, from French irritant, from Latin irrito, 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.

irritancy (English): The quality of being irritant or irritating; The...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being irritant or irritating; The...

Ancestry of “irritancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishirritantCausing irritation or inflammation; Rendering...
2Frenchirritantpresent participle of irriter; irritating;...
3LatinirritoI incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke;...
4Latinirritusinvalid, void, null and void; ineffective,...
5Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
6Latinrēōr—
7Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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