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Where does “polgármesterek” come from?

polgármesterek (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian polgármester, from Hungarian mester, from Italian méster, from German meister, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister — big, great.

polgármesterek (Hungarian): nominative plural of polgármester

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of polgármester

Ancestry of “polgármesterek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpolgármestermayor
2Hungarianmestermaster
3Italianméster—
4Germanmeister
5Middle High Germanmeistermaster
6Old High Germanmeistar—
7Vulgar Latinmaester—
8Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
9Proto-Italicmagisteros—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great
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