Where does “fioscaireacht” come from?
fioscaireacht (Irish) comes from Irish fios, from Middle Irish fis, from Old Irish fius, from English fuse, from English fusion, from Middle French fusion, from Old French fusion, from Latin fusio — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
fioscaireacht (Irish): phishing
Definitions
- phishing
Ancestry of “fioscaireacht”, step by step
fioscaireacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish fios
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | fios | knowledge, information |
| 2 | Middle Irish | fis | knowledge |
| 3 | Old Irish | fius | knowledge |
| 4 | English | fuse | A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some... |
| 5 | English | fusion | The act of merging separate elements, or the... |
| 6 | Middle French | fusion | fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it) |
| 7 | Old French | fusion | — |
| 8 | Latin | fusio | a pouring out; an outpouring, effusion; a... |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Irish iascaireacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | iascaireacht | fishing; fishery |
| 2 | Irish | -acht | Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -acht | -ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | -axtā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | axtā | — |