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Where does “maith” come from?

maith (Irish) comes from Old Irish maithid, from Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic matis, from Serbo-Croatian matematika, from Latin mathēmatica, from Latin mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.

maith (Irish): good; good, goodness; forgive, pardon

Definitions

  1. good; good, goodness; forgive, pardon

Ancestry of “maith”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishmaithidto forgive, pardon, excuse; remits, excuses;...
2Old Irishmaithgood; third-person singular present indicative...
3Proto-Celticmatisgood
4Serbo-Croatianmatematikamathematics
5Latinmathēmatica—
6Latinmathēmaticus—
7Ancient Greekμαθηματικόςscientific, esp. mathematical; astronomical;...
8Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
9Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
10Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “maith”

  • maite
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