Where does “legzsenántabb” come from?
legzsenántabb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zsenántabb, from Hungarian zsenánt, from German genant, from French gênant, from French gêner, from Middle French genner, from Middle High German jenner, from Latin iānuārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Ancestry of “legzsenántabb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | zsenántabb | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | zsenánt | embarrassing, awkward |
| 3 | German | genant | embarrassing |
| 4 | French | gênant | embarrassing; troublesome, inconvenient; present... |
| 5 | French | gêner | to hinder, hamper, bother; to bother, annoy,... |
| 6 | Middle French | genner | — |
| 7 | Middle High German | jenner | — |
| 8 | Latin | iānuārius | of January |
| 9 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |