Etymology

aonach

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Today it means: An ancient Irish public national assembly called upon the death of a king, queen, notable sage or warrior as part of ancestor-worship practices. Full definition →

Irish aonach ← Old Irish óenach
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  1. Old Irish · derived fromóenach
  2. Irish · borrowed fromaonach
  3. English todayaonach

From Irish aonach, from Old Irish óenach, from óen (“one”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.