Where does “fontoskodás” come from?
fontoskodás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fontoskodik, from Hungarian fontos, from Hungarian fönt, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo — smoke; mist, haze.
fontoskodás (Hungarian): officiousness, pompousness, self-importance
Definitions
- officiousness, pompousness, self-importance
Ancestry of “fontoskodás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fontoskodik | to be officious, to look/act important, to put on airs to make something or oneself appear more important than it is in reality |
| 2 | Hungarian | fontos | important; -pound, of the value or weight of a... |
| 3 | Hungarian | fönt | Alternative form of fent |
| 4 | English | font | A receptacle in a church for holy water,... |
| 5 | Middle French | fonte | — |
| 6 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 7 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 8 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 9 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |