Where does “nakažlivost” come from?

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

nakažlivost (Czech): infectiousness, infectiveness, contagiousness

Definitions

  1. infectiousness, infectiveness, contagiousness

Ancestry of “nakažlivost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechnakažlivýcontagious, infectious, infective, communicable
2Czechnakazitto infect
3Czechná-a noun forming prefix
4Old Czechna-derives verbs of various meanings
5Proto-Slavicna-on
Every word from Proto-Slavic na- →Every word from Czech ná- →Every word from Czech nakazit →