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Where does “nakažlivý” come from?

nakažlivý (Czech) comes from Czech nakazit, from Czech ná-, from Old Czech na-, from Proto-Slavic na- — on.

nakažlivý (Czech): contagious, infectious, infective, communicable

Definitions

  1. contagious, infectious, infective, communicable

Ancestry of “nakažlivý”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechnakazitto infect
2Czechná-—
3Old Czechna-—
4Proto-Slavicna-on

Words derived from “nakažlivý”

  • nakažlivost
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