Where does “becsvágy” come from?

becsvágy (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian Bécs, from Romanian Viena, from Italian Vienna, from Latin Vindobona, from Gaulish *Windobona.

becsvágy (Hungarian): ambition

Definitions

  1. ambition

Ancestry of “becsvágy”, step by step

becsvágy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian Bécs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianBécsvalue, worth, esteem
2RomanianViena—
3ItalianVienna—
4LatinVindobona—
5Gaulish*Windobona—

via Hungarian vágy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvágydesire
2Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath

Words derived from “becsvágy”

Every word from Gaulish *Windobona →Every word from Latin Vindobona →Every word from Italian Vienna →