Inebriation
/ɪˌniː.briˈeɪ.ʃən/noun
The state of being intoxicated, especially by alcohol.
Did you know?Latin writers contrasted ebrius, “drunk,” with sobrius, “sober,” giving English both inebriation and sobriety from the same ancient word-family.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European (proposed)
PIE
*h₁egʷʰ-ro-
“A reconstructed root associated with intoxication or drunkenness; the connection is considered etymologically uncertain.”
Classical Latin
Latin
ebrius
“Drunk, intoxicated”
Classical Latin
Latin
inebriare
“To make drunk or intoxicate; literally, to cause someone to become ebrius”
Late Latin
Latin
inebriatio
“Intoxication or drunkenness”
15th Century
English
inebriacion
“Intoxication; drunkenness”
Modern English
English
inebriation
“The condition of being intoxicated”