Where does “ollscoil” come from?

ollscoil (Irish) comes from Irish oll-, from Irish oll, from Old Irish -, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

ollscoil (Irish): university

Definitions

  1. university

Ancestry of “ollscoil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irisholl-mass; general; landslide
2Irishollgreat; huge, vast, immense
3Old Irish-—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “ollscoil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →