ceithern
Middle Irish
noun
Definitions
- A band or troop of soldiers or fighting men, kern
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish ceithern (band of soldiers) derived from Latin caterva (crowd, troop).
Origin
Latin
caterva
Gloss
crowd, troop
Concept
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Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- caterva Latin
- catervarius Latin
- catervatim Latin
- caterva Italian
- caterva Spanish, Castilian
- kerne Middle English
- ceithern Old Irish
- kern Manx
- *kateswā Proto-Italic