Where does “portrét” come from?
portrét (Czech) comes from Hungarian portré, from German Porträt, from French portrait, from Middle French portraict, from Middle French portraire, from Latin protraho, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
portrét (Czech): portrait
Definitions
- portrait
Ancestry of “portrét”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | portré | portrait a work of art depicting a person |
| 2 | German | Porträt | portrait |
| 3 | French | portrait | portrait; description |
| 4 | Middle French | portraict | — |
| 5 | Middle French | portraire | to portray |
| 6 | Latin | protraho | I drag, pull, draw or bring forth or out; I bring... |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |