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Where does “irritable” come from?

irritable (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål irritabel, from Latin irritabilis, from Latin irrito, 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.

irritable (Norwegian Bokmål): definite singular of irritabel; plural of...

Definitions

  1. definite singular of irritabel; plural of...

Ancestry of “irritable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålirritabelirritable
2Latinirritabilisirritable, irascible, short-tempered; excitable,...
3LatinirritoI incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke;...
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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