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Where does “szemérmes” come from?

szemérmes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -és — Added to a verb to form a noun.

szemérmes (Hungarian): bashful, modest, demure, shy, coy

Definitions

  1. bashful, modest, demure, shy, coy

Ancestry of “szemérmes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-ésAdded to a verb to form a noun
Every word from Hungarian -és →