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Where does “leictreamaighnéadas” come from?

leictreamaighnéadas (Irish) comes from Irish maighnéadas, from Irish -as, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

leictreamaighnéadas (Irish): electromagnetism

Definitions

  1. electromagnetism

Ancestry of “leictreamaighnéadas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishmaighnéadasmagnetism
2Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
4Proto-Celtic-assus—
5Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
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