Where does “ceruzafaragó” come from?

ceruzafaragó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ceruza, from Latin cērussa, from Latin cēra — wax, beeswax, honeycomb.

ceruzafaragó (Hungarian): pencil sharpener

Definitions

  1. pencil sharpener

Ancestry of “ceruzafaragó”, step by step

ceruzafaragó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian ceruza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianceruzapencil
2Latincērussawhite lead, ceruse
3Latincērawax, beeswax, honeycomb

via Hungarian faragó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfaragósharpener
2Hungarianfaragto carve, whittle (wood), sculpt, sharpen (pencil)
3Hungarian-gAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...

Words derived from “ceruzafaragó

Every word from Latin cēraEvery word from Latin cērussaEvery word from Hungarian ceruza