Where does “előadóterem” come from?
előadóterem (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian terem, from Hungarian tér, from German Teer, from Middle Low German ter, from Proto-Germanic terwą, from Pre-Germanic derwom, from English doru, from Ancient Greek δόρυ — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.
előadóterem (Hungarian): lecture hall, auditorium, theatre, amphitheatre
Definitions
- lecture hall, auditorium, theatre, amphitheatre
Ancestry of “előadóterem”, step by step
előadóterem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian terem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | terem | hall, chamber, room; classroom, exhibition room,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | tér | space; room; field |
| 3 | German | Teer | tar |
| 4 | Middle Low German | ter | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | terwą | tar |
| 6 | Pre-Germanic | derwom | — |
| 7 | English | doru | Alternative form of dory |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δόρυ | wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | dóru | tree |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dóru | tree |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | drew- | hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree |
via Hungarian előadó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | előadó | present participle of előad; performing; speaker |
| 2 | Hungarian | előad | to hand, give; to perform, to enact, to recite... |
| 3 | Hungarian | ád | Alternative form of ad |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |