Where does “közönyös” come from?
közönyös (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian közöny, from Hungarian közönség, from Hungarian közön, from Hungarian köz, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *küti.
közönyös (Hungarian): indifferent, uninterested, detached
Definitions
- indifferent, uninterested, detached
Ancestry of “közönyös”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | közöny | indifference, apathy, ennui, disinterest,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | közönség | audience, house; public, people, everyone |
| 3 | Hungarian | közön | superessive singular of köz |
| 4 | Hungarian | köz | "a gap in space or time between two other parts";... |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *küti | — |