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Where does “bazmek” come from?

bazmek (Czech) comes from Hungarian bazmeg, from Hungarian megbasz, from Hungarian meg- — A verbal prefix with the following meanings.

bazmek (Czech): A thingy , a metasyntactic term used for any...

Definitions

  1. A thingy , a metasyntactic term used for any...

Ancestry of “bazmek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianbazmegUsed as a filler, for emphasis; Expressing...
2Hungarianmegbasz—
3Hungarianmeg-A verbal prefix with the following meanings
Every word from Hungarian meg- →