Where does “népetimológia” come from?
népetimológia (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian etimológia, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
népetimológia (Hungarian): folk etymology
Definitions
- folk etymology
Ancestry of “népetimológia”, step by step
népetimológia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian etimológia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | etimológia | etymology |
| 2 | Latin | etymologia | etymology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐτυμολογία | etymology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Hungarian nép
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | nép | people |