Where does “perge” come from?
perge (Latin) comes from Latin pergo, from Hungarian pereg, from Hungarian -ég, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
perge (Latin): go on!, proceed!, press on!, persist!
Definitions
- go on!, proceed!, press on!, persist!
Ancestry of “perge”, step by step
perge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pergo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pergo | I go on, proceed, hasten, press on; I continue,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | pereg | to spin, to roll; to roll, roll by, pass, elapse;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ég | Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 5 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 6 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |