Etymology Explorer › Irish

Where does “aerloingseoireacht” come from?

aerloingseoireacht (Irish) comes from Irish loingseoireacht, from Irish loingseoir, from Irish óir, from Middle Irish ór, from Old Irish hóre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

aerloingseoireacht (Irish): aeronautics

Definitions

  1. aeronautics

Ancestry of “aerloingseoireacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishloingseoireachtseamanship, navigation; seafaring, voyaging;...
2Irishloingseoirseaman, navigator
3Irishóirfor, because; vocative/genitive singular of ór
4Middle Irishór—
5Old Irishhórebecause, since; For quotations using this term,...
6Latinhōra—
7Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
8Proto-Hellenic*worā—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →