Etymology Explorer
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Where does “fáir” come from?
fáir (Middle Irish) comes from Finnish Waris, from Arabic وَارِث.
Ancestry of “fáir”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Finnish
Waris
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2
Arabic
وَارِث
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Words derived from “fáir”
fàire
fàir
fàireil
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