Where does “abracadabrantesque” come from?
abracadabrantesque (French) comes from French abracadabrant, from French -ant, from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
abracadabrantesque (French): Totally ludicrous
Ancestry of “abracadabrantesque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | abracadabrant | ludicrous, preposterous |
| 2 | French | -ant | -ing; "abracadabra" → "abracadabrant"; Used to... |
| 3 | Old French | -ant | used to form the present participle of verbs |
| 4 | Latin | -āns | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
Words derived from “abracadabrantesque”