Where does “nyelvmandula” come from?

nyelvmandula (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mandula, from Italian mandorlo, from Latin amandulus, from Latin amygdalus, from Ancient Greek ἀμύγδαλος.

nyelvmandula (Hungarian): lingual tonsil a rounded mass of lymphatic tissue that covers the posterior region of the tongue

Definitions

  1. lingual tonsil a rounded mass of lymphatic tissue that covers the posterior region of the tongue

Ancestry of “nyelvmandula”, step by step

nyelvmandula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mandula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmandulaalmond; tonsil
2Italianmandorloalmond
3Latinamandulus
4Latinamygdalusalmond tree
5Ancient Greekἀμύγδαλος

via Hungarian nyelv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyelvtongue; language; language, tongue
2Proto-Finno-Ugricńälmätongue

Words derived from “nyelvmandula

Every word from Ancient Greek ἀμύγδαλοςEvery word from Latin amygdalusEvery word from Latin amandulus