Where does “rövidlátás” come from?

rövidlátás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian látás, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.

rövidlátás (Hungarian): myopia, short-sightedness, nearsightedness

Definitions

  1. myopia, short-sightedness, nearsightedness

Ancestry of “rövidlátás”, step by step

rövidlátás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian látás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlátássight, eyesight, vision
2Hungarianlátto see
3Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
4Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

via Hungarian rövid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrövidshort
Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →Every word from German lōt →Every word from Hungarian lát →
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