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Where does “am” come from?
am (Irish) comes from Old Irish amm, from Proto-Celtic *ammen-.
am
(Irish): time
Definitions
time
Ancestry of “am”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Irish
amm
point of time
2
Proto-Celtic
*ammen-
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Words derived from “am”
amadóir
príomh-am
amchrios
amscála
angar
ama
gearr-am
sprioc-am
uath-amadóir
angarach
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