Where does “bosszút áll” come from?

bosszút áll (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian áll, from Hungarian -ít — -ify, added to a noun, adjective, verb or other...

bosszút áll (Hungarian): to take revenge (on someone, because of something/someone)

Definitions

  1. to take revenge (on someone, because of something/someone)

Ancestry of “bosszút áll”, step by step

bosszút áll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian áll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianállchin; to stand; to stand; to exist
2Hungarian-ít-ify, added to a noun, adjective, verb or other...

via Hungarian bosszú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbosszúrevenge
Every word from Hungarian -ítEvery word from Hungarian áll
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