Where does “lúthchleasaíocht” come from?
lúthchleasaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish lúthchleasaí, from Irish cleasaí, from Irish cleas, from English class, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe — to call, cry, summon.
lúthchleasaíocht (Irish): athletics
Definitions
- athletics
Ancestry of “lúthchleasaíocht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | lúthchleasaí | athlete |
| 2 | Irish | cleasaí | A playful person or animal |
| 3 | Irish | cleas | trick; feat; knack |
| 4 | English | class | A group, collection, category or set sharing... |
| 5 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 6 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 7 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 8 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 9 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 10 | Russian | класс | class |
| 11 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |