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Where does “Hungarian” come from?

Hungarian derives from English Hungary, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.

Hungarian (English): Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary,...

Definitions

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary,...

Ancestry of “Hungarian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHungary—
2Middle EnglishHungary—
3Medieval LatinHungariaHungary
4LatinUngariHungarians

Words derived from “Hungarian”

  • bohunk
  • Hungarish
  • Austro-Hungarian
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