-szerte

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of szer (“street”) +‎ -t (locative case suffix) +‎ -e (lative case suffix, shortened from the original -é).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɛrtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: szer‧te

Suffix

-szerte

  1. (adverb-forming suffix) all over, throughout (added to a noun to form an adverb)
    ‎világ (“world”) + ‎-szerte → ‎világszerte (“all over the world”)

Derived terms

Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -szerte
országszerte
világszerte

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

  1. ^ -szerte in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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