Where does “operaénekes” come from?
operaénekes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian énekes, from Hungarian ének, from Hungarian -ék, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
operaénekes (Hungarian): opera singer
Definitions
- opera singer
Ancestry of “operaénekes”, step by step
operaénekes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian énekes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | énekes | singing; singer, vocalist, songster |
| 2 | Hungarian | ének | song; canto; nominative plural of én |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 5 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Hungarian opera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | opera | opera; opera, opera house |
| 2 | Italian | opera | work; means, help, services; opus |
| 3 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 4 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |