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Old 6th September 2004, 19:21
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Onair is an English loanword transliterated into Gaelic.
It actually comes from Latin, not English.
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I defer. I see that there was an Early Irish "onor" that came from the Latin "honor".
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I defer. I see that there was an Early Irish "onor" that came from the Latin "honor".
The word "cat" doesn't come from English either.
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