Where does “főnökösködik” come from?
főnökösködik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian főnök, from Hungarian főn, from German föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin faonius, from Latin favōnius, from Latin faveō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰoweh₁ — to notice.
főnökösködik (Hungarian): to boss around to act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior
Definitions
- to boss around to act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior
Ancestry of “főnökösködik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | főnök | chief, boss; nominative plural of főn |
| 2 | Hungarian | főn | foehn; superessive singular of fő |
| 3 | German | föhn | singular imperative of föhnen; first-person... |
| 4 | Old High German | phonno | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | faonius | — |
| 6 | Latin | favōnius | — |
| 7 | Latin | faveō | to be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰoweh₁ | to notice |