Where does “aszimmetrikus” come from?
aszimmetrikus (Hungarian) comes from German asymmetrisch, from German symmetrisch, from French symétrique, from French symétrie, from German Symmetrie, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία, from Ancient Greek σύμμετρος — Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
aszimmetrikus (Hungarian): asymmetric
Ancestry of “aszimmetrikus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | asymmetrisch | asymmetrical, asymmetric |
| 2 | German | symmetrisch | symmetrical, symmetric |
| 3 | French | symétrique | symmetric, symmetrical |
| 4 | French | symétrie | symmetry |
| 5 | German | Symmetrie | symmetry |
| 6 | Latin | symmetria | symmetry, proportion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | συμμετρία | commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σύμμετρος | symmetrical |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |