Where does “versenyzők” come from?
versenyzők (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian versenyző, from Hungarian versenyez, from Hungarian verseny, from Hungarian verseng, from Hungarian vers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
Ancestry of “versenyzők”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | versenyző | present participle of versenyez; competing;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | versenyez | to compete, to race |
| 3 | Hungarian | verseny | race, contest, competition |
| 4 | Hungarian | verseng | to compete, contend |
| 5 | Hungarian | vers | verse, poem; race |
| 6 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 7 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |