Where does “żart” come from?

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

żart (Polish): joke

Definitions

  1. joke

Ancestry of “żart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżartowaćto joke, to kid
2Polish-owaćUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
3Latin-owac—
4Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “żart”

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