Where does “körszelet” come from?
körszelet (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.
körszelet (Hungarian): circular segment a region of a circle bounded by an arc and the chord connecting the endpoints of the arc
Definitions
- circular segment a region of a circle bounded by an arc and the chord connecting the endpoints of the arc
Ancestry of “körszelet”, step by step
körszelet 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 szelet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szelet | slice; segment; accusative singular of szél |
| 2 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 3 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |