Where does “madgénair” come from?
madgénair (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish mad, from Irish maith, from Old Irish maithid, from Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic matis, from Serbo-Croatian matematika, from Latin mathēmatica, from Latin mathēmaticus — -y, -ic.
madgénair (Old Irish): to be blessed
Definitions
- to be blessed
Ancestry of “madgénair”, step by step
madgénair traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Irish mad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | mad | if it be; if it were |
| 2 | Irish | maith | good; good, goodness; forgive, pardon |
| 3 | Old Irish | maithid | to forgive, pardon, excuse; remits, excuses;... |
| 4 | Old Irish | maith | good; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | matis | good |
| 6 | Serbo-Croatian | matematika | mathematics |
| 7 | Latin | mathēmatica | mathematics |
| 8 | Latin | mathēmaticus | Of or pertaining to mathematics; mathematical |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μαθηματικός | scientific, esp. mathematical; astronomical;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Old Irish gainithir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | gainithir | to be born |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | ganyetor | to be born |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁yétor | to be born, begotten |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |