Where does “kísértethistória” come from?
kísértethistória (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian história, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω, from Ancient Greek ἵστωρ, from Proto-Hellenic wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European wéydtōr, from Indo-European *weyd-.
kísértethistória (Hungarian): ghost story
Definitions
- ghost story
Ancestry of “kísértethistória”, step by step
kísértethistória traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian história
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | história | story, tale; history |
| 2 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 8 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
via Hungarian kísértet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kísértet | ghost; causative of kísér: to make/have someone... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -et | Added to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 5 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |