Where does “villanyóra” come from?

villanyóra (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian Villány, from Hungarian villám, from Hungarian villa, from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

villanyóra (Hungarian): electricity meter

Definitions

  1. electricity meter

Ancestry of “villanyóra”, step by step

villanyóra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian Villány

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianVillányelectricity
2Hungarianvillámlightning; first-person singular...
3Hungarianvillafork; villa
4Italianvillamansion; detached house, residence; country...
5Latinvīllacountry house; villa
6Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
7Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Hungarian óra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianóraclock, watch; hour; o'clock
2Latinhōrahour
3Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
4Proto-Hellenic*worā
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “villanyóra

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin vetus