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Where does “kategóriájú” come from?

kategóriájú (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kategória, from Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία, from Ancient Greek κατηγορέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

kategóriájú (Hungarian): of category

Definitions

  1. of category

Ancestry of “kategóriájú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankategóriacategory
2Latincatēgoria—
3Ancient Greekκατηγορίαcharge, accusation; predication, category
4Ancient Greekκατηγορέωto speak against, especially before judges, to...
5Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
6Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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