Ire
/ˈaɪər/noun
Anger or wrath.
Did you know?Ire comes through Old French from Latin īra, and in Roman texts it could mean not just anger but divine wrath, the kind of rage people once feared as punishment from the gods.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*eis-
“To be angry, to rage”
Latin
Latin
īra
“Anger, wrath, divine rage”
Old French
Old French
ire
“Anger, wrath”
Middle English
English
ire
“Anger, wrath”
Modern English
English
ire
“Anger or wrath”
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