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Where does “taisbhrathadóir” come from?

taisbhrathadóir (Irish) comes from Irish brathadóir, from Irish -adóir, from Old Irish -atóir, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

taisbhrathadóir (Irish): moisture detector

Definitions

  1. moisture detector

Ancestry of “taisbhrathadóir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishbrathadóirbetrayer; spy, informer; detector
2Irish-adóirSuffix appended to words to create an agent noun,...
3Old Irish-atóir—
4Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →