Where does “légiposta” come from?

légiposta (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian légi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

légiposta (Hungarian): airmail

Definitions

  1. airmail

Ancestry of “légiposta”, step by step

légiposta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian légi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlégiaerial, air-
2Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
3HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Hungarian posta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpostamail, post; post office
2Latinpositusplaced; ordained
3Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
4Proto-Italicpoznō
5Proto-Italicpozinō
6Proto-Italicsinō

Words derived from “légiposta

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