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Where does “mì-cheart” come from?

mì-cheart (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic ceart, from Old Irish cert, from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

mì-cheart (Scottish Gaelic): improper, unjust, wrong

Definitions

  1. improper, unjust, wrong

Ancestry of “mì-cheart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicceartright; accurate, correct, right , true,...
2Old Irishcertcorrect, right, proper, fitting; fair, just;...
3Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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