Where does “legalábbis” come from?

legalábbis (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian legalább, from Hungarian alá, from Hungarian ál, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

legalábbis (Hungarian): at least

Definitions

  1. at least

Ancestry of “legalábbis”, step by step

legalábbis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian legalább

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlegalábbat least, leastwise, leastways
2Hungarianaláunder, underneath, below, beneath; Synonym of...
3Hungarianálfalse, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Hungarian is

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianisalso, too, as well; even, up to, as much as, as...
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Hungarian álEvery word from Hungarian alá
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