Where does “tortalapát” come from?
tortalapát (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian torta, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
tortalapát (Hungarian): cake slice, cake server a utensil with a wide, triangular, unsharpened blade, designed to cut and serve slices of cake
Definitions
- cake slice, cake server a utensil with a wide, triangular, unsharpened blade, designed to cut and serve slices of cake
Ancestry of “tortalapát”, step by step
tortalapát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian torta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | torta | torte, cake, gateau |
| 2 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 3 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 4 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 5 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Hungarian lapát
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lapát | shovel; paddle |