Where does “rakétavető” come from?
rakétavető (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian rakéta, from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
rakétavető (Hungarian): rocket launcher
Definitions
- rocket launcher
Ancestry of “rakétavető”, step by step
rakétavető traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian rakéta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | rakéta | rocket |
| 2 | German | Rakete | rocket, missile |
| 3 | Italian | rocchetta | incendiary rocket |
| 4 | Italian | rocchetto | spool; reel; coil |
| 5 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 6 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 7 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 8 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 9 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |