Etymology Explorer
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Where does “eire” come from?
eire (Old French) comes from Latin iter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.
Ancestry of “eire”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
iter
a route, "whether:"; a passage
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₁éy-
he, this
Words derived from “eire”
eyrie
Eyrean
eire
eyre
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