Where does “arethor” come from?

arethor (Cornish) comes from Cornish er, from Middle Cornish er, from Middle English eir, from Anglo-Norman heir, from Latin hērēs, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁ro-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- — to go, to walk.

arethor (Cornish): lecturer, orator, speaker

Definitions

  1. lecturer, orator, speaker

Ancestry of “arethor”, step by step

arethor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishereagle; heir; Soft mutation of ger
2Middle Cornisher
3Middle Englisheir
4Anglo-Normanheir
5Latinhērēsheir, heiress
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₁ro-derelict; an abandoned or forsaken person
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₁-to go, to walk

via Cornish areth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornisharethlecture, oration, speech
2Proto-Celtic*ɸarextusassembly, meeting

Words derived from “arethor

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁-