Where does “хечбек” come from?
хечбек (Bulgarian) comes from English hatchback, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
хечбек (Bulgarian): hatchback a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
Definitions
- hatchback a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
Ancestry of “хечбек”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hatchback | A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens... |
| 2 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 3 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 4 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |