Where does “kórokozó” come from?
kórokozó (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kör, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.
kórokozó (Hungarian): morbific, pathogenic; pathogen, germ
Definitions
- morbific, pathogenic; pathogen, germ
Ancestry of “kórokozó”, step by step
kórokozó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kör
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kör | circle; circle, ring, company; round, lap |
| 2 | French | Cœur | heart |
| 3 | Middle French | cœur | Alternative form of coeur |
| 4 | Old French | cuer | heart |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *corem | — |
| 6 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |
via Hungarian okozó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | okozó | present participle of okoz; causing; agent,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | okoz | to cause |
| 3 | Hungarian | -öz | Appended to a noun to form a verb; Appended to a... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 5 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 6 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |