ENGLISH ROOT WORD: irrit- "irritate." from Latin irritatus, irritare, irrito

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【irrit-】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "irritatus," "irritare," and "irrito." It carries the basic meaning of "irritate." from PIE *rito- "stirred"

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "irrit-"]

irritate **[3683] If something irritates you, it keeps annoying you.
irritated **[4721] irritate + ed

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[WORD ROOT]root irrit
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] irrit, irritat
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) irritatus, irritare, irrito
[MEANING]root irritate

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 irritatus [pp of irritare]
• 【Latin】 irritare [=irrito, from Proto-Italic *rito-("stirred") from the same PIE root ] excite, provoke, annoy
• 【Latin】 irrito [=irritare] excite, irritate, incite, stimulate

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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irritate ★★[3683] verb from irritate 〈 irrit
【DEFINITION】 If something irritates you, it keeps annoying you.
【Declension/Conjugation】 irritated, irritated, irritating, irritates
【SYNONYM】 gravel, annoy, aggravate
【ROOTs】 ⑴ irrit; irritate ⑵ ate; verb suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin irritare》 [=irrito, from Proto-Italic *rito-("stirred") from the same PIE root ] excite, provoke, annoy
【First Known Meaning】 stimulate to action, rouse, incite
【DERIVATIVEs】 irritation, irritative, irritator, irritate

irritated ★★[4721] adjective from irritate 〈 irrit
【DEFINITION】 irritate + ed
【SYNONYM】 annoyed
【COMPOSITION】 irritate + ed
【ROOTs】 ⑴ irrit; irritate ⑵ at(ate); verb suffix ⑶ ed; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin irritare》 [=irrito, from Proto-Italic *rito-("stirred") from the same PIE root ] excite, provoke, annoy

[Other words containing "irrit-"];
irrit [50001] excite, irritate, incite, stimulate
irritability [7127] irritable + ity
irritable [50001] If you are irritable, you are easily annoyed.
irritating [7857] Something that is irritating keeps annoying you.
irritation [10745] Irritation is a feeling of annoyance, especially when something is happening that you cannot easily stop or control.

[Others]: abirritate, counterirritate, hyperirritable, irritableness, irritably, irritant, irritatingly, irritative, irritator

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

iron-
invite
intra
integr
insul, isle
init
image, imit
idi
ideo, idea
idem, identi

 

 

 

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