Where does “ró-iascaireacht” come from?
ró-iascaireacht (Irish) comes from Irish ró, from English rōw, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل — ingot.
ró-iascaireacht (Irish): overfishing
Definitions
- overfishing
Ancestry of “ró-iascaireacht”, step by step
ró-iascaireacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish ró
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | ró | abundance, excess; row, line |
| 2 | English | rōw | A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc |
| 3 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 4 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 5 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 7 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 8 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 9 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 11 | French | litre | litre |
| 12 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via Irish iascaireacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | iascaireacht | fishing; fishery |
| 2 | Irish | -acht | Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -acht | -ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | -axtā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | axtā | — |