Etymology

abirritant

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Today it means: Acting to diminish irritation; soothing. Full definition →

French irritant ← Latin irrītō
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  1. Latin · derived fromirrītō“to irritate”
  2. French · borrowed fromirritant
  3. English todayabirritant

From ab- (prefix from Latin ab (“from”)) + irritant, from French irritant, from Latin irrītō (“to irritate”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchirritant all →

irritant

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.