Where does “képregény” come from?

képregény (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kép, from Proto-Turkic *kēp — form, example, image.

képregény (Hungarian): comic, graphic novel a story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions

Definitions

  1. comic, graphic novel a story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions

Ancestry of “képregény”, step by step

képregény traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianképmanner, way, method; form, shape, appearence;...
2Proto-Turkic*kēpform, example, image

via Hungarian regény

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianregénynovel
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kēp →Every word from Hungarian kép →