Where does “telefonbetyár” come from?
telefonbetyár (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian betyár, from Serbo-Croatian bećar, from Turkish bekâr, from French bécarre, from Italian bequadro, from Italian quadro, from Vulgar Latin quadrellus, from Latin quādrus — and.
telefonbetyár (Hungarian): prank caller
Definitions
- prank caller
Ancestry of “telefonbetyár”, step by step
telefonbetyár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian betyár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | betyár | highwayman, outlaw; rogue, scamp, rascal |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | bećar | bachelor; an unmarried man |
| 3 | Turkish | bekâr | bachelor |
| 4 | French | bécarre | natural |
| 5 | Italian | bequadro | The natural symbol |
| 6 | Italian | quadro | square; painting or picture; description or... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | quadrellus | — |
| 8 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 9 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 10 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 12 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |