Where does “tőzegáfonya” come from?
tőzegáfonya (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian áfonya, from English Romanian, from English Romania, from Romanian România, from Romanian român, from French roman, from Old French romanz, from Latin rōmānicē — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
tőzegáfonya (Hungarian): cranberry
Definitions
- cranberry
Ancestry of “tőzegáfonya”, step by step
tőzegáfonya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian áfonya
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | áfonya | "Vaccinium", a genus of shrubs in the plant... |
| 2 | English | Romanian | Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people,... |
| 3 | English | Romania | The Latin or Romance-speaking areas of Europe, collectively |
| 4 | Romanian | România | — |
| 5 | Romanian | român | Romanian; Romanian man |
| 6 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 7 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 8 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 9 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |