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Where does “ceithern” come from?

ceithern (Old Irish) comes from Latin quaterniō, from Latin quaternī, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.

ceithern (Old Irish): band of soldiers

Definitions

  1. band of soldiers

Ancestry of “ceithern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquaterniō—
2Latinquaternī—
3Latinquaternus—
4Latinquaterfour times
5Latinquattŭor—
6Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
7Old Portuguesequartoquarter
8Latinquārtus—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “ceithern”

  • kerne
  • ceithearnach
  • kern
  • ceithernach
  • ceithern
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