Where does “amadan” come from?

amadan (English) comes from Irish amadán, from Middle Irish ammatán, from Middle Irish -án, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *-agnos.

amadan (English): fool, loony, idiot

Definitions

  1. fool, loony, idiot

Ancestry of “amadan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishamadánfool
2Middle Irishammatánfool; simpleton
3Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
4Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
5Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
6Proto-Celtic*-agnos—
Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos →Every word from Old Irish -án →Every word from Middle Irish -án →