Ire Definition

Origin of Ire

• From Middle English ire, from Old French ire (“ire”), from Latin ira (“wrath, rage”), from Proto-Indo-European *eis- (“to fall upon, act sharply”) (compare Old English ofost (“haste, zeal”), Old Norse eisa (“to race forward”), Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), οἶστρος (oĩstros, “frenzy; gadfly”), Avestan aesma 'anger', Sanskrit eṣati 'it drives on').

  From Wiktionary

• From Middle English ire, yre, shortened form of iren (“iron”). More at iron.

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• Middle English from Old French from Latin īra eis- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition