Where does “sealgaire” come from?
sealgaire (Irish) comes from Irish -aire, from Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
sealgaire (Irish): hunter, huntsman; searcher, forager
Definitions
- hunter, huntsman; searcher, forager
Ancestry of “sealgaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | -aire | -er, -or |
| 2 | Old Irish | -aire | Agentive affix, similar to English -er, -or |
| 3 | Old French | -aire | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |
Words derived from “sealgaire”