Where does “borsot tör az orra alá” come from?
borsot tör az orra alá (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian az, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo — in.
borsot tör az orra alá (Hungarian): to annoy or irritate someone on purpose; play pranks or practical jokes on someone
Definitions
- to annoy or irritate someone on purpose; play pranks or practical jokes on someone
Ancestry of “borsot tör az orra alá”, step by step
borsot tör az orra alá traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian az
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | az | the; that |
| 2 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 3 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 4 | English | avie | emulously |
| 5 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 6 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 7 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 8 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |