Where does “irritatable” come from?
irritatable (English) comes from English irritate, from Latin irritatus, from Latin irritus, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
irritatable (English): Capable of being irritated; irritable
Definitions
- Capable of being irritated; irritable
Ancestry of “irritatable”, step by step
irritatable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irritate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irritate | To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in;... |
| 2 | Latin | irritatus | incited, excited, stimulated, instigated,... |
| 3 | Latin | irritus | invalid, void, null and void; ineffective,... |
| 4 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 5 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |