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Where does “seana-ghille” come from?

seana-ghille (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic seana-, from Scottish Gaelic sean, from Old Irish sén, from Dutch cent, from French centime, from French cent, from English cent, from Middle English cent.

seana-ghille (Scottish Gaelic): bachelor

Definitions

  1. bachelor

Ancestry of “seana-ghille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicseana-A prefix appended to words to signify something...
2Scottish Gaelicseanold
3Old Irishséna sign, omen, portent; a favourable sign, a...
4Dutchcentcent, a subunit of currency equal to...
5Frenchcentimecentime; cent , eurocent
6Frenchcenthundred; cent
7EnglishcentA subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of...
8Middle Englishcent—
9Old Frenchcentone hundred
10Latincentuma hundred; 100
11Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
12Proto-Italic*foljom—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
14Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
15Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
16Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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