Where does “uzsorás” come from?
uzsorás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian uzsora, from Latin ūsūra, from Latin ūsus, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ, from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
uzsorás (Hungarian): usurer
Definitions
- usurer
Ancestry of “uzsorás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | uzsora | usury |
| 2 | Latin | ūsūra | use, enjoyment |
| 3 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 4 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |