Where does “apácafőnöknők” come from?
apácafőnöknők (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian apácafőnöknő, from Hungarian főnöknő, from Hungarian főnök, from Hungarian főn, from German föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin faonius, from Latin favōnius — to notice.
Ancestry of “apácafőnöknők”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | apácafőnöknő | abbess |
| 2 | Hungarian | főnöknő | a female boss/manager |
| 3 | Hungarian | főnök | chief, boss; nominative plural of főn |
| 4 | Hungarian | főn | foehn; superessive singular of fő |
| 5 | German | föhn | singular imperative of föhnen; first-person... |
| 6 | Old High German | phonno | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | faonius | — |
| 8 | Latin | favōnius | — |
| 9 | Latin | faveō | to be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰoweh₁ | to notice |