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Where does “professzorok” come from?

professzorok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian professzor, from Latin professor, from Latin profiteor, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

professzorok (Hungarian): nominative plural of professzor

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of professzor

Ancestry of “professzorok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianprofesszorprofessor
2Latinprofessorteacher, professor
3LatinprofiteorI declare publicly, own or confess openly,...
4Latinprō-—
5Proto-Italic*pro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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