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Where does “мѣсто” come from?

мѣсто (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic město — place, location; settlement, town, city.

Ancestry of “мѣсто”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicměstoplace, location; settlement, town, city

Words derived from “мѣсто”

  • одноместный
  • -местить
  • местоимение
  • ме́сто
  • местный
  • двухместный
  • mesta
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