Etymograph

English

irreptitiously

From irreptitious + -ly.

Formed from irreptitious + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- ‘to take away, snatch’

Proto-Italic *rēpō

Latin rēpō ‘to creep, crawl’

Latin irrēpō ‘I creep into’

English irreptitious

Today it means

adv In an irreptitious manner.

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

Etymograph / irreptitiously