Where does “szépségverseny” come from?
szépségverseny (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian verseny, from Hungarian verseng, from Hungarian vers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
szépségverseny (Hungarian): beauty contest
Definitions
- beauty contest
Ancestry of “szépségverseny”, step by step
szépségverseny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian verseny
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | verseny | race, contest, competition |
| 2 | Hungarian | verseng | to compete, contend |
| 3 | Hungarian | vers | verse, poem; race |
| 4 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 5 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |