Where does “borúlátás” come from?
borúlátás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian látás, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.
borúlátás (Hungarian): pessimism
Ancestry of “borúlátás”, step by step
borúlátás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian látás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | látás | sight, eyesight, vision |
| 2 | Hungarian | lát | to see |
| 3 | German | lōt | plummet device for measuring water depth |
| 4 | Hebrew | לוֹט | myrrh |
via Hungarian ború
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ború | cloudiness; gloom, melancholy |
| 2 | Hungarian | borul | to cloud, cloud over; to fall into something; to... |
Words derived from “borúlátás”