Where does “foraoiseolaíocht” come from?
foraoiseolaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish eolaíocht, from Irish -acht, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.
foraoiseolaíocht (Irish): forestry, silviculture
Ancestry of “foraoiseolaíocht”, step by step
foraoiseolaíocht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish eolaíocht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | eolaíocht | science; -logy |
| 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 | — |
via Irish foraois
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | foraois | forest, timber; retreat, recess; lair, den |
| 2 | Middle Irish | foraís | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | forest | forest, royal hunting ground |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | forestis | open wood; dative plural of foresta; ablative... |