Where does “żerować” come from?

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

żerować (Polish): to scavenge

Definitions

  1. to scavenge

Ancestry of “żerować”, step by step

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

Words derived from “żerować”

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