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Where does “oireacht” come from?

oireacht (Irish) comes from Old Irish airecht, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarextus.

oireacht (Irish): deliberative assembly of freemen; assembled...

Definitions

  1. deliberative assembly of freemen; assembled...

Ancestry of “oireacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishairecht—
2Proto-Celtic*ɸarextus—
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