Where does “kulcsfontosságú” come from?
kulcsfontosságú (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fontosságú, from Hungarian fontosság, from Hungarian fontos, from Hungarian fönt, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere — smoke; mist, haze.
kulcsfontosságú (Hungarian): key, essential, crucial
Definitions
- key, essential, crucial
Ancestry of “kulcsfontosságú”, step by step
kulcsfontosságú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian fontosságú
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fontosságú | of a certain importance, priority |
| 2 | Hungarian | fontosság | significance, importance, relevance |
| 3 | Hungarian | fontos | important; -pound, of the value or weight of a... |
| 4 | Hungarian | fönt | Alternative form of fent |
| 5 | English | font | A receptacle in a church for holy water,... |
| 6 | Middle French | fonte | — |
| 7 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 8 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 9 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 10 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Hungarian kulcs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kulcs | key |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kľučь | key |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | kljaukjas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | klewk-yo-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kle(h₂)uk- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kleh₂w- | a hook, crook, peg |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |