Where does “скорость” come from?
скорость (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...
скорость (Old Church Slavonic): speed
Ancestry of “скорость”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | -ость | -ness, -ity; deadjectival nominalizing suffix... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |