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Where does “fontosakért” come from?

fontosakért (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fontos, from Hungarian fönt, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus — smoke; mist, haze.

fontosakért (Hungarian): causal-final plural of fontos

Definitions

  1. causal-final plural of fontos

Ancestry of “fontosakért”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfontosimportant; -pound, of the value or weight of a...
2HungarianföntAlternative form of fent
3EnglishfontA receptacle in a church for holy water,...
4Middle Frenchfonte—
5Old Frenchfondreto melt
6Latinfunderesecond-person singular present passive...
7LatinfundoI pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make...
8Latinfundusbottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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