ceatharn

ceatharn: a troop, so Irish, Early Irish ceithern, *keternâ; Latin caterua, troop, catêna, a chain; Old Slavonic ceta, company (Stokes). It has also been regarded as borrowed from Latin quaternio, which in the Vulg. means a "body of four soldiers", quaternion. Hence English cateran, kern.

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List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin — This is a list of English words borrowed from Scottish Gaelic. Some of these are common in Scottish English and Scots but less so in other varieties of English.Word of Gaelic origin; Airt : Point of the compass, from àird (pronounced|aːrˠtʲ),… … Wikipedia
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