Where does “kanapék” come from?

kanapék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kanapé, from German Kanapee, from French canapé, from Old French conopé, from Medieval Latin canāpēum, from Latin canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum, from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον — to divide, distribute, allot.

Ancestry of “kanapék”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankanapécanapé
2GermanKanapeecanapé; hors d'oeuvre; canapé; sofa; couch
3Frenchcanapésofa
4Old Frenchconopé
5Medieval Latincanāpēum
6Latincanopeummosquito net
7Latincōnōpēummosquito net
8Ancient Greekκωνωπεῖονan Egyptian couch with mosquito netting
9Ancient Greekκώνωψgnat, mosquito
10Ancient Greekφάγοςglutton
11Ancient Greekφαγεῖνaorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰh₂g-
13Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂g-to divide, distribute, allot
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