Where does “villamos” come from?
villamos (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian villám, from Hungarian villa, from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
villamos (Hungarian): electric, electrical; tram, streetcar
Definitions
- electric, electrical; tram, streetcar
Ancestry of “villamos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | villám | lightning; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Hungarian | villa | fork; villa |
| 3 | Italian | villa | mansion; detached house, residence; country... |
| 4 | Latin | vīlla | — |
| 5 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 6 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “villamos”