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Where does “drobit” come from?

drobit (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic drobiti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

drobit (Czech): to crumble; to split up

Definitions

  1. to crumble; to split up

Ancestry of “drobit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdrobitito crumble, crush
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “drobit”

  • drob
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