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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianállamstate; first-person singular single-possession...
2Hungarian-ámAdded to a stem or other parts of speech to form...
3Portuguese-ãoforms the augmentative of nouns; forms the...
4Old Portuguese-ão
5Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian

via Hungarian báb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbábdummy; puppet; cocoon
Every word from Latin -ānusEvery word from Portuguese -ãoEvery word from Hungarian -ám
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