Where does “dzsesszzene” come from?
dzsesszzene (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zene, from Hungarian zenebona, from Hungarian zeng, from Hungarian zendül — to produce a sound.
dzsesszzene (Hungarian): jazz music
Definitions
- jazz music
Ancestry of “dzsesszzene”, step by step
dzsesszzene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian zene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | zene | music; musical piece or composition |
| 2 | Hungarian | zenebona | racket, noise |
| 3 | Hungarian | zeng | to resound; to express something by singing and... |
| 4 | Hungarian | zendül | to produce a sound |
via Hungarian dzsessz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | dzsessz | jazz |
| 2 | English | Jazz | A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation |
| 3 | English | Jaz | or any of its variant spellings |