Where does “bacóireacht” come from?

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

bacóireacht (Irish): obstructionism; stonewalling

Definitions

  1. obstructionism; stonewalling

Ancestry of “bacóireacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-óir-er; suffix appended to words to create an agent...
2Old Irish-óirer, -or
3Proto-Brythonic-ọr—
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Irish -óir →