Where does “koncentrációs tábor” come from?

koncentrációs tábor (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian koncentrációs, from Hungarian koncentráció, from German Konzentration — concentration.

koncentrációs tábor (Hungarian): concentration camp a camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities

Definitions

  1. concentration camp a camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities

Ancestry of “koncentrációs tábor”, step by step

koncentrációs tábor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian koncentrációs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankoncentrációsconcentration
2Hungariankoncentrációconcentration
3GermanKonzentrationconcentration

via Hungarian tábor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantáborcamp
2Ottoman Turkishطابورbattalion
Every word from German Konzentration →Every word from Hungarian koncentráció →Every word from Hungarian koncentrációs →