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