Where does “cikória” come from?
cikória (Hungarian) comes from Medieval Latin cicorea, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχόριον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
cikória (Hungarian): chicory
Ancestry of “cikória”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | cicorea | — |
| 2 | Latin | cichōrium | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κιχόριον | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “cikória”