Where does “sealgaireacht” come from?

sealgaireacht (Irish) comes from Irish sealgaire, from Irish -aire, from Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

sealgaireacht (Irish): hunting; searching, foraging

Definitions

  1. hunting; searching, foraging

Ancestry of “sealgaireacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishsealgairehunter, huntsman; searcher, forager
2Irish-aire-er, -or
3Old Irish-aireAgentive affix, similar to English -er, -or
4Old French-aire—
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Irish -aire →