Where does “jóból is megárt a sok” come from?
jóból is megárt a sok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.
jóból is megárt a sok (Hungarian): too much of a good thing can be harmful, enough is as good as a feast
Definitions
- too much of a good thing can be harmful, enough is as good as a feast
Ancestry of “jóból is megárt a sok”, step by step
jóból is megárt a sok traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 2 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 3 | English | avie | emulously |
| 4 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 5 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 6 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 7 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Hungarian sók
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sók | nominative plural of só |
| 2 | English | soak | To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in... |
| 3 | Middle English | soken | Alternative form of souken |
| 4 | Old English | socian | to soak, steep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sukōną | to soak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sūkaną | to suck; to suckle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sug- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |