Where does “reklámbetű” come from?

reklámbetű (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian reklám, from German Reklame, from French réclame, from French réclamer, from Old French reclamer, from Latin reclāmō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.

reklámbetű (Hungarian): display typeface decorative typeface designed to catch the attention in large sizes

Definitions

  1. display typeface decorative typeface designed to catch the attention in large sizes

Ancestry of “reklámbetű”, step by step

reklámbetű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian reklám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianreklámadvertisement, commercial
2GermanReklameadvertisement
3Frenchréclamea small, commercial advertisement, originally in...
4Frenchréclamerto protest; to object; to claim, reclaim
5Old Frenchreclamerto implore; to shout to
6Latinreclāmōto cry out, exclaim, protest or shout against, contradict loudly
7Latinrĕ-back, backwards
8Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
9Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
10Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Hungarian betű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbetűletter, as in letter of the alphabet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Latin rĕ-