Where does “reiceadair” come from?
reiceadair (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...
reiceadair (Scottish Gaelic): A salesman, a salesperson
Definitions
- A salesman, a salesperson
Ancestry of “reiceadair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | reic | sell; verbal noun of reic |
| 2 | Middle Irish | reccaid | sells, barters, exchanges |
| 3 | Old Irish | recc | — |
| 4 | English | recommend | To bestow commendation on; to represent... |
| 5 | Middle English | recommenden | To entrust someone or something to another's... |
| 6 | Old French | recommender | — |
| 7 | Latin | commendare | present active infinitive of commendō;... |
| 8 | Latin | commendo | I commend, entrust to, commit; I recommend |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |