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Where does “irritate” come from?

irritate (Italian) comes from Italian irritare, 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.

irritate (Italian): feminine plural of irritato; second-person plural...

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of irritato; second-person plural...

Ancestry of “irritate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianirritareto irritate, vex, provoke, peeve; to irritate,...
2LatinirritoI incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke;...
3Latinirritusinvalid, void, null and void; ineffective,...
4Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
5Latinrēōr—
6Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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