Where does “féin-chomhfhiosach” come from?
féin-chomhfhiosach (Irish) comes from Irish comhfhiosach, from Irish comhfhios, from Irish fios, from Middle Irish fis, from Old Irish fius, from English fuse, from English fusion, from Middle French fusion.
féin-chomhfhiosach (Irish): self-aware, self-conscious
Definitions
- self-aware, self-conscious
Ancestry of “féin-chomhfhiosach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | comhfhiosach | conscious |
| 2 | Irish | comhfhios | consciousness |
| 3 | Irish | fios | knowledge, information |
| 4 | Middle Irish | fis | — |
| 5 | Old Irish | fius | knowledge |
| 6 | English | fuse | A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some... |
| 7 | English | fusion | The act of merging separate elements, or the... |
| 8 | Middle French | fusion | fusion |
| 9 | Old French | fusion | — |
| 10 | Latin | fusio | a pouring out; an outpouring, effusion; a... |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |