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Where does “flopilemezek” come from?

flopilemezek (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian flopilemez, from Hungarian flopi, from English floppy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.

flopilemezek (Hungarian): nominative plural of flopilemez

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of flopilemez

Ancestry of “flopilemezek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianflopilemezfloppy disk
2Hungarianflopifloppy disk
3EnglishfloppyLimp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible; A...
4English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
5Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
6Old English-iġ-y, -ic
7Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
8Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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