Where does “megannyi” come from?
megannyi (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian annyi, from Hungarian az, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.
megannyi (Hungarian): many, so many
Definitions
- many, so many
Ancestry of “megannyi”, step by step
megannyi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian annyi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | annyi | so much, so many |
| 2 | Hungarian | az | the; that |
| 3 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Hungarian még
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | még | still, yet; more; even |