Where does “lánfhostaíocht” come from?

lánfhostaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish fostaíocht, from Irish -acht, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.

lánfhostaíocht (Irish): full employment

Definitions

  1. full employment

Ancestry of “lánfhostaíocht”, step by step

lánfhostaíocht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish fostaíocht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishfostaíochtemployment; livery
2Irish-achtNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Old Irish-acht-ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns
4Proto-Celtic-axtā—
5Proto-Celticaxtā—

via Irish lán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishlánfull, replete; swelling; full
2Old Irishlánfull
3Proto-Celticɸlānosfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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