Where does “poshlost” come from?
poshlost (English) comes from Russian по́шлость, from Russian -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...
poshlost (English): In Russian culture, a negative human character...
Definitions
- In Russian culture, a negative human character...
Ancestry of “poshlost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | по́шлость | — |
| 2 | Russian | -ость | -ness, -ity |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |