Where does “suirbhéireacht” come from?
suirbhéireacht (Irish) comes from Irish suirbhéir, from Irish suirbhé, from English survey, from Middle English surveyen, from Old French sourveoir, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
suirbhéireacht (Irish): surveying; survey
Ancestry of “suirbhéireacht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | suirbhéir | surveyor |
| 2 | Irish | suirbhé | survey |
| 3 | English | survey | The act of surveying; a general view; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | surveyen | to oversee; to survey |
| 5 | Old French | sourveoir | to oversee; to survey |
| 6 | Old French | sur- | over, on top of |
| 7 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | συμμετρία | commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σύμμετρος | symmetrical |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |