Where does “irritativeness” come from?
irritativeness (English) comes from English irritative, 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.
irritativeness (English): The quality of being irritative
Definitions
- The quality of being irritative
Ancestry of “irritativeness”, step by step
irritativeness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English irritative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | irritative | serving to excite or irritate; accompanied with,... |
| 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 Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |