Where does “fékpedál” come from?
fékpedál (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian pedál, from German pedal, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedalis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
fékpedál (Hungarian): brake pedal the pedal in a vehicle, usually a car, which operates the brakes
Definitions
- brake pedal the pedal in a vehicle, usually a car, which operates the brakes
Ancestry of “fékpedál”, step by step
fékpedál traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian pedál
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | pedál | pedal |
| 2 | German | pedal | pedal |
| 3 | Italian | pedale | pedal; treadle; foot |
| 4 | Latin | pedalis | foot; measuring one foot long |
| 5 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |