Where does “apácafőnöknő” come from?
apácafőnöknő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian főnöknő, from Hungarian főnök, from Hungarian főn, from German föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin faonius, from Latin favōnius, from Latin faveō — to notice.
apácafőnöknő (Hungarian): abbess
Definitions
- abbess
Ancestry of “apácafőnöknő”, step by step
apácafőnöknő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian főnöknő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | főnöknő | a female boss/manager |
| 2 | Hungarian | főnök | chief, boss; nominative plural of főn |
| 3 | Hungarian | főn | foehn; superessive singular of fő |
| 4 | German | föhn | singular imperative of föhnen; first-person... |
| 5 | Old High German | phonno | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | faonius | — |
| 7 | Latin | favōnius | — |
| 8 | Latin | faveō | to be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰoweh₁ | to notice |