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Where does “kőbányák” come from?

kőbányák (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kőbánya, from Hungarian bánya, from Proto-Slavic baňa, from Latin bāneum, from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον, from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς — bath-man.

kőbányák (Hungarian): nominative plural of kőbánya

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of kőbánya

Ancestry of “kőbányák”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankőbányaquarry
2Hungarianbányamine; healing spring or bath
3Proto-Slavicbaňabath, bathing, bathing place; dome; bulging,...
4Latinbāneum—
5Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
6Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
7Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man
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