Etymograph

English

elears

Elears comes from Polish elearzy, from Hungarian harcos ‘warrior’, and ultimately from harcol ‘to fight’.

  1. Hungarianmodernharcol‘to fight’
  2. Hungarian, derivedmodernharc‘battle, fight’
  3. Hungarian, derivedmodernharcos‘warrior’
  4. Hungarian, derivedmodernelőharcosliterally ‘leading warrior’
  5. Polishmodernelearzy
  6. Englishtodayelears

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hungarianmodernharcol‘to fight’
  2. Hungarian, derivedmodernharc‘battle, fight’
  3. Hungarian, derivedmodernharcos‘warrior’
  4. Hungarian, derivedmodernelőharcosliterally ‘leading warrior’
  5. Polishmodernelearzy
  6. Englishtodayelears

The story

Borrowed from Polish elearzy, from Hungarian előharcos (literally “leading warrior”), from elő- (‘leading’) + harcos (‘warrior’); or from előjáró, an alternative form of elöljáró (‘superior’).

Every English word from Hungarian harcol

Today it means

noun The Lisowczyks (Polish cavalry assembled by Lisowski).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hungarian harcol / elears

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