Where does “drochairgead” come from?

drochairgead (Irish) comes from Irish airgead, from Irish -óir, from Old Irish -óir, from Proto-Brythonic -ọr, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

drochairgead (Irish): bad, counterfeit, money

Definitions

  1. bad, counterfeit, money

Ancestry of “drochairgead”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishairgeadsilver; money, sum of money
2Irish-óir-er; suffix appended to words to create an agent...
3Old Irish-óirer, -or
4Proto-Brythonic-ọr—
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Irish -óir →