végig

See also: végig-

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of vég (“end”) +‎ -ig (“to”, terminative case suffix). For the ending, compare mindig, alig.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈveːɡiɡ]
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  • Hyphenation: vé‧gig

Adverb

végig

  1. all the way, to the last, all along, through

Derived terms

Noun

végig

  1. terminative singular of vég

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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