Etymology of the English word irritable
the English word
irritablederived from the French word
irritablederived from the Latin word
irritabilis (easily provoked, sensitive)
derived from the Late Latin word
irritare (excite; exasperate, provoke)
derived from the Latin word
irritus (ineffective, useless; invalid)
derived from the Latin word
in-derived from the Latin word
ratus (established, authoritative; fixed; rat)
derived from the Latin word
reri (think, regard; deem)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ar-Usage
Word found in Modern English
