Where does “körömágyak” come from?
körömágyak (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian körömágy, from Hungarian köröm, from Hungarian kör, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor — heart.
Ancestry of “körömágyak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | körömágy | nailbed the area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal |
| 2 | Hungarian | köröm | nail, claw; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kör | circle; circle, ring, company; round, lap |
| 4 | French | Cœur | heart |
| 5 | Middle French | cœur | Alternative form of coeur |
| 6 | Old French | cuer | heart |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *corem | — |
| 8 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |