Where does “bedobja a törülközőt” come from?
bedobja a törülközőt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.
bedobja a törülközőt (Hungarian): to throw in the towel
Definitions
- to throw in the towel
Ancestry of “bedobja a törülközőt”, step by step
bedobja a törülközőt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 2 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 3 | English | avie | emulously |
| 4 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 5 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 6 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 7 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Hungarian törülköző
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | törülköző | present participle of törülközik; towel |
| 2 | Hungarian | törülközik | to dry oneself, towel oneself |
| 3 | Hungarian | -kózik | Added to a one-syllable verb to form a reflexive... |
| 4 | Polish | -ik | Forms diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |