Where does “úgy-ahogy” come from?
úgy-ahogy (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ahogy, from Hungarian az, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.
úgy-ahogy (Hungarian): so-so, more or less, after a fashion, in a way, sort of, kind of, somewhat rather bad than good
Definitions
- so-so, more or less, after a fashion, in a way, sort of, kind of, somewhat rather bad than good
Ancestry of “úgy-ahogy”, step by step
úgy-ahogy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian ahogy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ahogy | as; as soon as |
| 2 | Hungarian | az | the; that |
| 3 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Hungarian úgy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | úgy | So; Evidential marker, approx. “apparently”; see... |