Where does “téacsleabhar” come from?
téacsleabhar (Irish) comes from Irish leabhar, from Old Irish lebor, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
téacsleabhar (Irish): textbook
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Ancestry of “téacsleabhar”, step by step
téacsleabhar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish leabhar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | leabhar | book; Alternative form of leabhair; Alternative... |
| 2 | Old Irish | lebor | book |
| 3 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 5 | French | lober | to lob |
| 6 | French | lob | lob |
| 7 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 8 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 9 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 10 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 11 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 12 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 13 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Irish téacs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | téacs | text; citation, verse |
| 2 | Middle Irish | técs | text; version; verse, citation |
| 3 | English | text | A writing consisting of multiple glyphs,... |
| 4 | Middle English | text | — |
| 5 | Old French | texte | text |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | textus | the Scriptures, text, treatise; text |
| 7 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |