Where does “világítócső” come from?

világítócső (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cső, from Hungarian -és — Added to a verb to form a noun.

világítócső (Hungarian): fluorescent lamp

Definitions

  1. fluorescent lamp

Ancestry of “világítócső”, step by step

világítócső traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian cső

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsőtube, pipe; bye, hi, ciao
2Hungarian-ésAdded to a verb to form a noun

via Hungarian világító

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvilágítóluminous; lighting
Every word from Hungarian -ésEvery word from Hungarian cső