Where does “devizaszámla” come from?
devizaszámla (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian deviza, from German Devise, from French devise, from Latin dīvidō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
devizaszámla (Hungarian): foreign currency bank account
Definitions
- foreign currency bank account
Ancestry of “devizaszámla”, step by step
devizaszámla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian deviza
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | deviza | foreign currency |
| 2 | German | Devise | motto; foreign currency |
| 3 | French | devise | motto; assets in foreign currency; currency |
| 4 | Latin | dīvidō | to divide, separate |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Hungarian számla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | számla | bill, invoice, check; Synonym of bankszámla |
| 2 | Hungarian | számlál | to count, compute; to number |
| 3 | Hungarian | -lál | Added to a noun to create a verb indicating... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ál | Same as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -l | Appended to a noun, an adjective or less... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -l | — |