Where does “mikrofonpróba” come from?
mikrofonpróba (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.
mikrofonpróba (Hungarian): soundcheck the act or process of testing the microphone and sound system before performance
Definitions
- soundcheck the act or process of testing the microphone and sound system before performance
Ancestry of “mikrofonpróba”, step by step
mikrofonpróba 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 próba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | próba | test, testing, trial, experiment; sample,... |
| 2 | Latin | proba | test, trial; proof, evidence |
| 3 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 5 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |