Where does “irritant” come from?
irritant (French) comes from Latin irrito, 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.
irritant (French): present participle of irriter; irritating;...
Definitions
- present participle of irriter; irritating;...
Ancestry of “irritant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | irrito | I incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke;... |
| 2 | Latin | irritus | invalid, void, null and void; ineffective,... |
| 3 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 4 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |