Where does “éifeachtacht” come from?
éifeachtacht (Irish) comes from Irish éifeacht, from Old Irish éifecht, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
éifeachtacht (Irish): efficacy, effectiveness; efficiency, competence
Definitions
- efficacy, effectiveness; efficiency, competence
Ancestry of “éifeachtacht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | éifeacht | achievement, success |
| 2 | Old Irish | éifecht | efficacy, vigour, substance, meaning, purport |
| 3 | Old French | effect | effect; judgment; decree |
| 4 | Latin | effectus | made out, worked out, completed, finished,... |
| 5 | Latin | efficiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
Words derived from “éifeachtacht”