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Where does “kívánatos” come from?

kívánatos (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kívánat, from Hungarian kíván, from Hungarian van, from Hungarian kedve, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

kívánatos (Hungarian): desirable

Definitions

  1. desirable

Ancestry of “kívánatos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankívánatdemand, wish, request
2Hungariankívánto desire, fancy, want, long for something; to...
3Hungarianvanto be, to exist; to have; someone has something;...
4Hungariankedvethird-person singular single-possession...
5Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā—
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “kívánatos”

  • nemkívánatos
  • kívánatosabb
  • legkívánatosabb
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