Where does “ollscolach” come from?
ollscolach (Irish) comes from Irish ollscoil, 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.
ollscolach (Irish): academical
Ancestry of “ollscolach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | ollscoil | university |
| 2 | Irish | oll- | mass; general; landslide |
| 3 | Irish | oll | great; huge, vast, immense |
| 4 | Old Irish | - | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |