Where does “benzinkút” come from?

benzinkút (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kút, from Proto-Slavic kǫtъ, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

benzinkút (Hungarian): gas station, filling station, petrol station;...

Definitions

  1. gas station, filling station, petrol station;...

Ancestry of “benzinkút”, step by step

benzinkút traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kút

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankútwell; pump, fountain; filling station
2Proto-Slavickǫtъcorner
3Latincattusa cat
4Latincattaa cat

via Hungarian benzin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbenzingasoline (US, Can), gasolene (Jamaica), petrol (UK, Aus, NZ)

Words derived from “benzinkút”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Proto-Slavic kǫtъ →