Where does “sebességváltók” come from?
sebességváltók (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian sebességváltó, from Hungarian sebesség, from Hungarian sebes, from Hungarian seb, from English Sebastian, from Latin Sebastianus, from Latin Sebastus, from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός.
Ancestry of “sebességváltók”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sebességváltó | gearbox, gear, transmission that part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected |
| 2 | Hungarian | sebesség | speed, velocity; gear |
| 3 | Hungarian | sebes | wounded; fast, quick |
| 4 | Hungarian | seb | wound |
| 5 | English | Sebastian | — |
| 6 | Latin | Sebastianus | — |
| 7 | Latin | Sebastus | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Σεβαστός | august, venerable, exalted |
| 9 | Latin | Augustus | venerable |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |