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Where does “irritatingly” come from?

irritatingly (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.

irritatingly (English): In an irritating way; in a manner causing...

Definitions

  1. In an irritating way; in a manner causing...

Ancestry of “irritatingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishirritatingCausing irritation, annoyance or pain;...
2EnglishirritateTo provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in;...
3Latinirritatusincited, excited, stimulated, instigated,...
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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