Where does “olykor-olykor” come from?
olykor-olykor (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian olykor, from Hungarian oly, from Hungarian az, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia — in.
olykor-olykor (Hungarian): every now and then, once in a blue moon
Definitions
- every now and then, once in a blue moon
Ancestry of “olykor-olykor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | olykor | sometimes |
| 2 | Hungarian | oly | such |
| 3 | Hungarian | az | the; that |
| 4 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 5 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 6 | English | avie | emulously |
| 7 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 8 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 9 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 10 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |