Where does “analfabétább” come from?
analfabétább (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian analfabéta, from German Analphabet, from French analphabète, from Italian analfabeta, from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
Ancestry of “analfabétább”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | analfabéta | illiterate; illiterate, analphabet |
| 2 | German | Analphabet | illiterate |
| 3 | French | analphabète | illiterate |
| 4 | Italian | analfabeta | illiterate |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀναλφάβητος | illiterate |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |