Where does “legkorábbi” come from?
legkorábbi (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian legkorább, from Hungarian korább, from Hungarian kora, from Hungarian korán, from Hungarian kör, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer — heart.
legkorábbi (Hungarian): the earliest
Ancestry of “legkorábbi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | legkorább | superlative degree of kora |
| 2 | Hungarian | korább | comparative degree of kora |
| 3 | Hungarian | kora | early; third-person singular single-possession... |
| 4 | Hungarian | korán | early; superessive singular of kora |
| 5 | Hungarian | kör | circle; circle, ring, company; round, lap |
| 6 | French | Cœur | — |
| 7 | Middle French | cœur | Alternative form of coeur |
| 8 | Old French | cuer | heart |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | *corem | — |
| 10 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |