Etymology Explorer › Irish

Where does “airgead” come from?

airgead (Irish) comes from Irish -óir, from Old Irish -óir, from Proto-Brythonic -ọr, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

airgead (Irish): silver; money, sum of money

Definitions

  1. silver; money, sum of money

Ancestry of “airgead”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-óir-er; suffix appended to words to create an agent...
2Old Irish-óir—
3Proto-Brythonic-ọr—
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “airgead”

  • airgeadaí
  • airgeadaíocht
  • ceannairgead
  • airgidín
  • airgeadas
  • airgeadra
  • airgeadaigh
  • airgeadpháipéar
  • mionairgead
  • drochairgead
  • airgeadóir
  • airgeadán
  • airgeadsnáithe
  • airgeadúil
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →