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Where does “draíodóir” come from?

draíodóir (Irish) comes from Irish -adóir, from Old Irish -atóir, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

draíodóir (Irish): magician; crafty, sly, person; rogue, hypocrite;...

Definitions

  1. magician; crafty, sly, person; rogue, hypocrite;...

Ancestry of “draíodóir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-adóirSuffix appended to words to create an agent noun,...
2Old Irish-atóir—
3Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “draíodóir”

  • bandraíodóir
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