Where does “aistire” come from?

aistire (Irish) comes from Old Irish aistire, from Latin ostiārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

aistire (Irish): porter; genitive singular of aistear

Definitions

  1. porter; genitive singular of aistear

Ancestry of “aistire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishaistiredoorkeeper in a monastery
2Latinostiāriusof or pertaining to a door
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin ostiārius →