Where does “-owica” come from?

-owica (Polish) comes from Old Polish -owica, from Old Polish -owy, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

-owica (Polish): forms feminine nouns, usually diseases

Definitions

  1. forms feminine nouns, usually diseases

Ancestry of “-owica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-owicaforms feminine nouns
2Old Polish-owyappended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

Words derived from “-owica”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Old Polish -owy →Every word from Old Polish -owica →
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