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
Ancestry of “lóversenyzés”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | versenyzés | competition, racing |
| 2 | Hungarian | versenyez | to compete, to race |
| 3 | Hungarian | verseny | race, contest, competition |
| 4 | Hungarian | verseng | to compete, contend |
| 5 | Hungarian | vers | verse, poem; race |
| 6 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 7 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |