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Where does “drisheen” come from?

drisheen (English) comes from Irish drisín, from Irish -ín, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

drisheen (English): A type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood,...

Definitions

  1. A type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood,...

Ancestry of “drisheen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishdrisínintestine; drisheen; Diminutive of dris
2Irish-ínSuffix used to form diminutive nouns, sometimes...
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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