infuriate

The story

1. Italian · borrowed frominfuriato
2. Latin · derived fromfuria“rage, fury, frenzy”
3. Medieval Latin · borrowed frominfuriātus“enraged”
4. English todayinfuriate

First attested in 1667; borrowed from Medieval Latin infuriātus (“enraged”), perfect passive participle of infuriō (“to enrage”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin furia (“rage, fury, frenzy”); perhaps via Italian infuriato.

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