Where does “seiceadóireacht” come from?
seiceadóireacht (Irish) comes from Irish seiceadóir, from Middle Irish seiceadúir, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exsecutor, from Latin exsequor, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
seiceadóireacht (Irish): executorship; keeping watch, waiting long; being...
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- executorship; keeping watch, waiting long; being...
Ancestry of “seiceadóireacht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | seiceadóir | executor; warden, watchman; miserable person |
| 2 | Middle Irish | seiceadúir | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | executour | — |
| 4 | Latin | exsecutor | accomplisher, performer |
| 5 | Latin | exsequor | I follow to the end; follow after thoroughly,... |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |