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Where does “fear-reic” come from?

fear-reic (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic reic, from Middle Irish reccaid, from Old Irish recc, from English recommend, from Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender, from Latin commendare, from Latin commendo — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

fear-reic (Scottish Gaelic): salesman

Definitions

  1. salesman

Ancestry of “fear-reic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicreicsell; verbal noun of reic
2Middle Irishreccaidsells, barters, exchanges
3Old Irishrecc—
4EnglishrecommendTo bestow commendation on; to represent...
5Middle EnglishrecommendenTo entrust someone or something to another's...
6Old Frenchrecommender—
7Latincommendarepresent active infinitive of commendō;...
8LatincommendoI commend, entrust to, commit; I recommend
9Latincom-allomorph of con-
10Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
11Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
12Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
13Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt—
17Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
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