Where does “fosta” come from?

fosta (Irish) comes from Irish fós, from Old Irish ḟoss, from Proto-Celtic *uɸostos — servant.

fosta (Irish): steady, steadfast; also

Definitions

  1. steady, steadfast; also

Ancestry of “fosta”, step by step

fosta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish fós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishfósyet; still
2Old Irishḟossservant
3Proto-Celtic*uɸostosservant

via Middle Irish fosta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishfosta—

Words derived from “fosta”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *uɸostos →Every word from Old Irish ḟoss →Every word from Irish fós →