eredete

Eredete is a Hungarian noun form meaning “its origin” or “the origin of something.” It is the third-person possessive form of the noun eredet, used when the origin belongs to or concerns a specific object, person, or idea. In this sense, eredete functions to refer to provenance or source from the perspective of a third party or a thing.

In practice, eredete appears in discussions of provenance, etymology, or the source of a referenced item. It can be used for objects, works of art, ideas, institutions, or other entities whose origin is being discussed. The term is closely related to, but not always interchangeable with, származás, which more often emphasizes ancestry or derivation rather than provenance alone.

Grammatically, eredete is part of a full set of possessive forms built from eredet: eredetem (my origin), eredeted (your origin), eredete (his/her/its origin), eredetünk (our origin), eredetetek (your origin, plural), eredetük (their origin). The exact form follows Hungarian possessive suffix patterns and vowel harmony.

Etymology-wise, eredete derives from the native Hungarian noun eredet (origin), which in turn relates to the verb eredni, meaning to originate or to arise. The possessive form eredete embodies the linkage between an origin and its owner in a concise noun phrase.

See also: eredet; származás; provenance.