Where does “irrigate” come from?
irrigate (Italian) comes from Italian irrigare, from Latin irrigō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
irrigate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “irrigate”, step by step
irrigate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian irrigare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | irrigare | to irrigate |
| 2 | Latin | irrigō | to water or irrigate |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Italian irrigato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | irrigato | past participle of irrigare |