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Where does “Nemeth” come from?

Nemeth is an English surname derived from Hungarian német, meaning "German" or "mute," ultimately from Hungarian Németh.

Ancestry of “Nemeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianNémeth—
2HungarianNémet—
3Romanian-ețused to form adjectives from nouns or verbs...
4Latin-icius-itious
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
7Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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