Where does “fáilteoir” come from?

fáilteoir (Irish) comes 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).

fáilteoir (Irish): welcomer, greeter; receptionist

Definitions

  1. welcomer, greeter; receptionist

Ancestry of “fáilteoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-óir-er; suffix appended to words to create an agent...
2Old Irish-óirer, -or
3Proto-Brythonic-ọr—
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-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 →