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Where does “Laidin” come from?

Laidin (Irish) comes from Old Irish Laiten, from Latin latina, from Latin Latium — {{w|Latium}}; the region around Rome.

Laidin (Irish): Latin; unintelligible speech

Definitions

  1. Latin; unintelligible speech

Ancestry of “Laidin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishLaiten—
2Latinlatinanominative feminine singular of latīnus;...
3LatinLatium{{w|Latium}}; the region around Rome

Words derived from “Laidin”

  • Ard-Laidin
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