Where does “ovális” come from?

ovális (Hungarian) comes from German Oval, from French ovale, from Medieval Latin ovalis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ovális (Hungarian): oval a shape rather like an egg or an ellipse

Definitions

  1. oval a shape rather like an egg or an ellipse

Ancestry of “ovális”, step by step

ovális traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Oval

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOvaloval
2Frenchovaleoval
3Medieval Latinovalis—
4Latinōvumegg
5Latin-ātused
6Proto-Italic-ātos—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English Oval

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOvalA cricket ground in South London
2Late LatinovalisOf or pertaining to an ovation

Words derived from “ovális”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →