The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐρεθισμός
- French · derived froméréthisme
- English todayerethism
From French éréthisme, from Ancient Greek ἐρεθισμός (erethismós), from ἐρεθίζειν (erethízein, “to irritate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.