Where does “bábállam” come from?
bábállam (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian állam, from Hungarian -ám, from Portuguese -ão, from Old Portuguese -ão, from Latin -ānus — Of or pertaining to; -ian.
bábállam (Hungarian): puppet state state governed by a puppet government
Definitions
- puppet state state governed by a puppet government
Ancestry of “bábállam”, step by step
bábállam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian állam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | állam | state; first-person singular single-possession... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ám | Added to a stem or other parts of speech to form... |
| 3 | Portuguese | -ão | forms the augmentative of nouns; forms the... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | -ão | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ānus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
via Hungarian báb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | báb | dummy; puppet; cocoon |