English
hyperirritable
From hyper- + irritable.
Formed from hyper- + irritable
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to move, to stir’
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Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH-tó-s ‘whirled, stirred’
Latin irrītō ‘to excite, to irritate’
Latin irritabilis ‘irritable, irascible, short-tempered’
French irritable
English irritable
Today it means
adj Excessively prone to irritation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperirritable