Where does “bandoirseoir” come from?
bandoirseoir (Irish) comes from Irish doirseoir, from Irish -óir, from Old Irish -óir, from Proto-Brythonic -ọr, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
bandoirseoir (Irish): janitress, portress
Ancestry of “bandoirseoir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | doirseoir | doorman, janitor, porter |
| 2 | Irish | -óir | -er; suffix appended to words to create an agent... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -óir | — |
| 4 | Proto-Brythonic | -ọr | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |