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Where does “einnseanaireachd” come from?

einnseanaireachd (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic einnseanair, from Scottish Gaelic einnsean, from English engine, from Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

einnseanaireachd (Scottish Gaelic): engineering

Definitions

  1. engineering

Ancestry of “einnseanaireachd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaeliceinnseanairengineer
2Scottish Gaeliceinnseanengine
3EnglishengineA large construction used in warfare, such as a...
4Middle Englishengynengine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,...
5Anglo-Normanengine—
6Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
7Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
8Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
10Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
11Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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