Where does “villanykörte” come from?
villanykörte (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.
villanykörte (Hungarian): light bulb
Definitions
- light bulb
Ancestry of “villanykörte”, step by step
villanykörte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian Villány
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Villány | electricity |
| 2 | Hungarian | villám | lightning; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Hungarian | villa | fork; villa |
| 4 | Italian | villa | mansion; detached house, residence; country... |
| 5 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 6 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 7 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |