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Where does “aigéadobach” come from?

aigéadobach (Irish) comes from Irish aigéad, from Old Irish aigéd, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

aigéadobach (Irish): acid-fast

Definitions

  1. acid-fast

Ancestry of “aigéadobach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishaigéadacid
2Old Irishaigéd—
3Latinacētum—
4French-ate-ate
5Latin-ātus—
6Proto-Italic-ātos—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →