Etymology Explorer › Old East Slavic

Where does “ба́чити” come from?

ба́чити (Old East Slavic) comes from Polish baczyć, from Old Polish obaczyć, from Proto-Slavic obačiti, from Proto-Slavic ačiti.

Ancestry of “ба́чити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbaczyćto look, to pay attention
2Old Polishobaczyć—
3Proto-Slavicobačiti—
4Proto-Slavicačiti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic ačiti →