Where does “téglalap” come from?

téglalap (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tégla, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

téglalap (Hungarian): rectangle

Definitions

  1. rectangle

Ancestry of “téglalap”, step by step

téglalap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tégla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantéglabrick
2Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
3Latintegōto cover; to clothe
4Proto-Italictegōcover
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Hungarian láp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlápmoor
2Proto-Uralicläppäspleen

Words derived from “téglalap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →
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