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...
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- The quality of being irritant or irritating; The...
Ancestry of “irritancy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irritant | Causing irritation or inflammation; Rendering... |
| 2 | French | irritant | present participle of irriter; irritating;... |
| 3 | Latin | irrito | I incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke;... |
| 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 |