Where does “bailitheoir” come from?

bailitheoir (Irish) comes from Irish -itheoir, 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).

bailitheoir (Irish): collector

Definitions

  1. collector

Ancestry of “bailitheoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-itheoirused after verbs ending in
2Irish-óir-er; suffix appended to words to create an agent...
3Old Irish-óirer, -or
4Proto-Brythonic-ọr—
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 -óir →