Where does “zsetonok” come from?
zsetonok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zseton, from French jeton, from French jeter, from Old French jeter, from Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre, from Latin iaciō, from Proto-Indo-European (H)yeh₁- — to throw.
zsetonok (Hungarian): nominative plural of zseton
Definitions
- nominative plural of zseton
Ancestry of “zsetonok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | zseton | chip, token |
| 2 | French | jeton | A game chip or token, a counter; A Scrabble tile |
| 3 | French | jeter | to throw; to throw away, discard of; to throw... |
| 4 | Old French | jeter | to throw |
| 5 | Latin | iectāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | iactāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | iaciō | to throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)yeh₁- | to throw |