Where does “tábortűz” come from?

tábortűz (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tábor, from Ottoman Turkish طابور — battalion.

tábortűz (Hungarian): campfire

Definitions

  1. campfire

Ancestry of “tábortűz”, step by step

tábortűz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tábor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantáborcamp
2Ottoman Turkishطابورbattalion

via Hungarian tűz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantűzfire; fire, passion; to pin, to stitch
2Hungariantövikto stitch; to prick, drill; to prick, stab;...
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