Etymograph

English

inebriant

Inebriant comes from Latin inēbriāns ‘intoxicating’, from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios ‘drunk’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- ‘to drink’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁egʷʰ-‘to drink’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ēɣʷrios‘drunk’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēbrius‘drunk, drunken, intoxicated’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēbriō
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinēbriō‘intoxicate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinēbriāns‘intoxicating’
  7. Englishtodayinebriant

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁egʷʰ-‘to drink’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ēɣʷrios‘drunk’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēbrius‘drunk, drunken, intoxicated’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēbriō
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinēbriō‘intoxicate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinēbriāns‘intoxicating’
  7. Englishtodayinebriant

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- ‘to drink’

soberly, 7 more

through Latin ēbrius ‘drunk, drunken, intoxicated’

sober, sobriety, 6 more

Today it means

noun An intoxicating agent.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- / inebriant

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