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Where does “lóversenyzés” come from?

lóversenyzés (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian versenyzés, from Hungarian versenyez, from Hungarian verseny, from Hungarian verseng, from Hungarian vers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

lóversenyzés (Hungarian): horse racing

Definitions

  1. horse racing

Ancestry of “lóversenyzés”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianversenyzéscompetition, racing
2Hungarianversenyezto compete, to race
3Hungarianversenyrace, contest, competition
4Hungarianversengto compete, contend
5Hungarianversverse, poem; race
6Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
7Latinvertō—
8Proto-Italicwertō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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