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
- horse racing
Ancestry of “lóversenyzés”, step by step
lóversenyzés traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian versenyzés
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |