Where does “alpaireacht” come from?

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

alpaireacht (Irish): bolting food; voracious eating; grabbing

Definitions

  1. bolting food; voracious eating; grabbing

Ancestry of “alpaireacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishalpairevoracious eater; grabber; large stone
2Irish-aire-er, -or
3Old Irish-aireAgentive affix, similar to English -er, -or
4Old French-aire—
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Irish -aire →