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Where does “aitheantas” come from?

aitheantas (Irish) comes from Irish -tas, from Irish -ta, from Irish -as, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

aitheantas (Irish): acquaintance; recognition; identification

Definitions

  1. acquaintance; recognition; identification

Ancestry of “aitheantas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-tas—
2Irish-taadded to nouns to form adjectives; used to form...
3Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
4Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
5Proto-Celtic-assus—
6Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
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