Where does “gwałtownik” come from?

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

gwałtownik (Old Polish): violater, defiler; raper

Definitions

  1. violater, defiler; raper

Ancestry of “gwałtownik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishgwałtowaćto violate, to defile; to rape
2Latin-owac—
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “gwałtownik”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Latin -owac →Every word from Old Polish gwałtować →