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Where does “bithshirtheoireacht” come from?

bithshirtheoireacht (Irish) comes from Irish sirtheoireacht, from Irish -acht, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.

bithshirtheoireacht (Irish): bioprospecting

Definitions

  1. bioprospecting

Ancestry of “bithshirtheoireacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishsirtheoireachtseeking, imploring, begging; prowling, foraging;...
2Irish-achtNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Old Irish-acht-ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns
4Proto-Celtic-axtā—
5Proto-Celticaxtā—
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