Where does “borúlátó” come from?
borúlátó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian látó, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.
borúlátó (Hungarian): pessimistic
Ancestry of “borúlátó”, step by step
borúlátó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian látó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | látó | present participle of lát; seeing; clairvoyant |
| 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... |