Where does “fiús” come from?
fiús (Irish) comes from English fuse, from English fusion, from Middle French fusion, from Old French fusion, from Latin fusio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
fiús (Irish): fuse; valence
Definitions
- fuse; valence
Ancestry of “fiús”, step by step
fiús traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fuse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fuse | A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some... |
| 2 | English | fusion | The act of merging separate elements, or the... |
| 3 | Middle French | fusion | fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it) |
| 4 | Old French | fusion | — |
| 5 | Latin | fusio | a pouring out; an outpouring, effusion; a... |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Irish fiú
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | fiú | worth; worth it, worthwhile; even |
| 2 | Irish | -ach | Forms nouns from other nouns and adjectives with... |
| 3 | Middle Irish | -ach | Forms adjectives meaning "related to, having,... |
| 4 | Old Irish | -ach | Forms adjectives meaning "related to, having,... |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | -ākos | Forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ḱos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |