Where does “megállja a helyét” come from?
megállja a helyét (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.
megállja a helyét (Hungarian): to hold one's own, to do well, to cope, to manage, to thrive to demonstrate oneself to be capable
Definitions
- to hold one's own, to do well, to cope, to manage, to thrive to demonstrate oneself to be capable
Ancestry of “megállja a helyét”, step by step
megállja a helyét traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 2 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 3 | English | avie | emulously |
| 4 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 5 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 6 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 7 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Hungarian megáll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | megáll | to stop, to come to a stop, to halt; to be able... |
| 2 | Hungarian | áll | chin; to stand; to stand; to exist |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ít | -ify, added to a noun, adjective, verb or other... |
via Hungarian hely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | hely | place, location; space, room |