Where does “legnormálisabb” come from?
legnormálisabb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian normálisabb, from Hungarian normális, from Late Latin normalis, from Latin normālis, from Latin nōrma, from Ancient Greek γνώμων, from Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃sḱéti — to know.
Ancestry of “legnormálisabb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | normálisabb | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | normális | normal; in one's right mind |
| 3 | Late Latin | normalis | in conformity with rule, normal; perpendicular,... |
| 4 | Latin | normālis | perpendicular, square, with right angles |
| 5 | Latin | nōrma | a carpenter’s square |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γνώμων | interpreter, discerner; carpenter's square;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γιγνώσκω | I am aware of; I perceive, observe, know, learn;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |