Where does “gwałtować” come from?

gwałtować (Old Polish) comes from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

gwałtować (Old Polish): to violate, to defile; to rape

Definitions

  1. to violate, to defile; to rape

Ancestry of “gwałtować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-owac—
2Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “gwałtować”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Latin -owac →