mindjárt - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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mind (“continually, all the time”) +‎ jár (“to go around”) + -t, originally presumably in the sense “by all legwork”, “by all means”[1][2] (in which case the -t might have been the archaic locative suffix).

mindjárt (not comparable)

  1. instantly, in an instant, immediately, forthwith, at once, promptly, right away
    Synonyms: hamarosan, nemsokára, rövidesen, tüstént, nyomban, máris
    Mindjárt itt a karácsony! ― Christmas is right around the corner!
    Mindjárt megyek! ― I’ll be there right away!

  2. ^ mindjárt 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.)

  3. ^ Benkő, Loránd, ed. A magyar nyelv történeti-etimológiai szótára I–IV. (“The Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Budapest: Akadémiai, 1967–1984. →ISBN. Vol. 1: A–Gy (1967), vol. 2: H–O (1970), vol. 3: Ö–Zs (1976), vol. 4: index (1984).