Where does “banfhile” come from?
banfhile (Irish) comes from Irish file, from Old Irish fili, from Primitive Irish ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ, from Proto-Celtic weless, from Proto-Celtic weleti, from English Wellesley, from English Wells, from English -ville — old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
banfhile (Irish): poetess
Definitions
- poetess
Ancestry of “banfhile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | file | poet |
| 2 | Old Irish | fili | poet, seer |
| 3 | Primitive Irish | ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ | poet |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | weless | seer; poet |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | weleti | to see |
| 6 | English | Wellesley | named for the estate of local benefactor Horatio Hollis Hunnewell |
| 7 | English | Wells | for someone living near a well or a spring |
| 8 | English | -ville | Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town... |
| 9 | French | ville | town, city |
| 10 | Middle French | ville | city or town |
| 11 | Old French | ville | city or town |
| 12 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 13 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 14 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |