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Where does “aitheach” come from?

aitheach (Irish) comes from Old Irish aithech — farmer, peasant, countryman, churl, rent-payer.

aitheach (Irish): rent-payer; churl; Alternative form of fathach

Definitions

  1. rent-payer; churl; Alternative form of fathach

Ancestry of “aitheach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishaithechfarmer, peasant, countryman, churl, rent-payer
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