Where does “széles körű” come from?

széles körű (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kör, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

széles körű (Hungarian): wide, extensive, comprehensive, broad, wide-ranging

Definitions

  1. wide, extensive, comprehensive, broad, wide-ranging

Ancestry of “széles körű”, step by step

széles körű traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kör

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankörcircle; circle, ring, company; round, lap
2FrenchCœurheart
3Middle FrenchcœurAlternative form of coeur
4Old Frenchcuerheart
5Vulgar Latin*corem—
6Latincorheart; soul, mind
7Proto-Italickordheart
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Hungarian széles

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszéleswide
2Hungarianszélwind; edge
3Proto-Finno-Ugricśälä-to cut, cut up, slice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic kord →Every word from Latin cor →