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Where does “kevésbé” come from?

kevésbé (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kevés, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

kevésbé (Hungarian): less

Definitions

  1. less

Ancestry of “kevésbé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankevésfew, little; a little, some
2Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

Words derived from “kevésbé”

  • legkevésbé
  • többé-kevésbé
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