Where does “hőmérséklet” come from?
hőmérséklet (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mérséklet, from Hungarian mérsékel, from Hungarian mér, from Hungarian -s — Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning...
hőmérséklet (Hungarian): temperature
Definitions
- temperature
Ancestry of “hőmérséklet”, step by step
hőmérséklet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian mérséklet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mérséklet | moderation, restraint |
| 2 | Hungarian | mérsékel | to moderate; to tone down; to reduce |
| 3 | Hungarian | mér | to measure, gauge, weigh, clock, time; to strike... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -s | Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning... |
via Hungarian hő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | hő | heat |