Where does “mikrofonláz” come from?
mikrofonláz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mikrofon, from German Mikrophon, from English microphone, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε — whale, sea monster; abyss.
mikrofonláz (Hungarian): stage fright a state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people
Definitions
- stage fright a state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people
Ancestry of “mikrofonláz”, step by step
mikrofonláz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian mikrofon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mikrofon | microphone |
| 2 | German | Mikrophon | — |
| 3 | English | microphone | A device used to convert sound waves into a... |
| 4 | English | phone | A device for transmitting conversations and other... |
| 5 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 6 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 7 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 9 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 18 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Hungarian láz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | láz | temperature, fever; fever |