Where does “négyszög” come from?
négyszög (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian négy, from Hungarian dimenziós, from Hungarian dimenzió, from Latin dimensio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
négyszög (Hungarian): quadrangle, quadrilateral
Definitions
- quadrangle, quadrilateral
Ancestry of “négyszög”, step by step
négyszög traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian négy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | négy | four |
| 2 | Hungarian | dimenziós | dimensional |
| 3 | Hungarian | dimenzió | dimension |
| 4 | Latin | dimensio | measuring; measurement; dimension |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Hungarian szög
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szög | nail; angle; angle, viewing direction |
| 2 | Hungarian | sző | to weave; to spin; to plot |
| 3 | Hungarian | -et | Added to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 5 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 6 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |