The story
- Latin · derived fromirrēpō“to creep in”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromirrēptiō
- English todayirreption
From Late Latin irrēptiō, from Latin irrēpō (“to creep in”) + -tiō (suffix forming action nouns).
Words from the same roots
Latinirrēpō all →
irreptitious
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.