Where does “irritable” come from?
irritable (Spanish) comes from Latin irritabilis, 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.
irritable (Spanish): irritable, cranky, testy, tetchy, prickly,...
Definitions
- irritable, cranky, testy, tetchy, prickly,...
Ancestry of “irritable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | irritabilis | irritable, irascible, short-tempered; excitable,... |
| 2 | Latin | irrito | I incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke;... |
| 3 | Latin | irritus | invalid, void, null and void; ineffective,... |
| 4 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 5 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |