Where does “благочестивост” come from?

благочестивост (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian -ост, from Old Church Slavonic -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

благочестивост (Bulgarian): piety, devoutness, godliness

Definitions

  1. piety, devoutness, godliness

Ancestry of “благочестивост”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarian-ост—
2Old Church Slavonic-ость-ness, -ity; deadjectival nominalizing suffix...
3Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Bulgarian -ост →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ость →