English
irritative
From irritate + -ive.
Formed from irritate + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to move, to stir’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- ‘to churn’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH-tó-s ‘whirled, stirred’
Latin irrītō ‘excite, irritate, incite, stimulate’
Latin irrītātus
English irritate
Today it means
adj serving to excite or irritate
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / irritative