Etymology

inebriated

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Today it means: Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner. Full definition →

Latin inēbriātus ← Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s
  2. Proto-Italic · derived from*ēɣʷrios
  3. Latin · derived frominēbriātus
  4. English todayinebriated

From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s from root *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate.

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