Where does “ceruzafaragó” come from?
ceruzafaragó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ceruza, from Latin cērussa, from Latin cēra — wax, beeswax, honeycomb.
ceruzafaragó (Hungarian): pencil sharpener
Ancestry of “ceruzafaragó”, step by step
ceruzafaragó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian ceruza
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ceruza | pencil |
| 2 | Latin | cērussa | white lead, ceruse |
| 3 | Latin | cēra | wax, beeswax, honeycomb |
via Hungarian faragó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | faragó | sharpener |
| 2 | Hungarian | farag | to carve, whittle (wood), sculpt, sharpen (pencil) |
| 3 | Hungarian | -g | Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form... |
Words derived from “ceruzafaragó”