The story
- Latin · derived fromirrēpō“I creep into”
- English todayirreptitious
From Latin irrēpō (“I creep into”); ir- (“in”) + rēpō (“I creep”).
Words from the same roots
Latinirrēpō all →
irreption
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
irreptitious
Today it means: surreptitious; spurious Full definition →
Latin irrēpō