Where does “legbiztatóbb” come from?
legbiztatóbb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian biztatóbb, from Hungarian biztató, from Hungarian biztat, from Hungarian -tat, from Hungarian -tatik, from Swahili -tata, from Swedish tät, from French tête — a third party standing, after the two parties to...
Ancestry of “legbiztatóbb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | biztatóbb | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | biztató | present participle of biztat; encouraging,... |
| 3 | Hungarian | biztat | to encourage; to promise, to hold out promises or... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -tat | Added to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -tatik | Added to a back-vowel verb to form a verb with a... |
| 6 | Swahili | -tata | — |
| 7 | Swedish | tät | dense, thick "or" crowded; dense; compact;... |
| 8 | French | tête | head; header; a bright spark, a quick study |
| 9 | Middle French | teste | head |
| 10 | Old French | teste | head |
| 11 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 12 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 13 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |