Where does “legfontosabb” come from?
legfontosabb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fontosabb, from Hungarian fontos, from Hungarian fönt, from English font, from Middle French fonte, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo — smoke; mist, haze.
legfontosabb (Hungarian): superlative degree of fontos
Definitions
- superlative degree of fontos
Ancestry of “legfontosabb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fontosabb | comparative degree of fontos |
| 2 | Hungarian | fontos | important; -pound, of the value or weight of a... |
| 3 | Hungarian | fönt | Alternative form of fent |
| 4 | English | font | A receptacle in a church for holy water,... |
| 5 | Middle French | fonte | — |
| 6 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 7 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 8 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 9 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |