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Where does “Zastępa” come from?

Zastępa (Polish) comes from Polish zastęp, from Polish zastąpić, from Polish za-, from Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie-, from Old Polish nie, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē — not; no.

Ancestry of “Zastępa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzastęptroop; host, throng; choir
2Polishzastąpić—
3Polishza-Forms perfective semelfactive verbs, usually...
4Polishnie-un-, dis-, -less, non-
5Old Polishnie-—
6Old Polishnie—
7Proto-Slavicnenot
8Proto-Balto-Slavicnē—
9Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no
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