Where does “Oireachtas” come from?

Oireachtas (English) comes from Irish Oireachtas, from Irish oireacht, from Old Irish airecht, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarextus — assembly, meeting.

Oireachtas (English): The parliament of Ireland

Definitions

  1. The parliament of Ireland

Ancestry of “Oireachtas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IrishOireachtasThe parliament of Ireland
2Irishoireachtdeliberative assembly of freemen; assembled...
3Old Irishairecht—
4Proto-Celtic*ɸarextusassembly, meeting
Every word from Proto-Celtic *ɸarextus →Every word from Old Irish airecht →Every word from Irish oireacht →