Where does “chociażby” come from?

chociażby (Polish) comes from Polish chociaż, from Polish -ż, from Proto-Slavic že, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ge, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

chociażby (Polish): at least

Definitions

  1. at least

Ancestry of “chociażby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishchociażalthough, though
2Polish-żappended to create an emphatic form
3Proto-Slavicžeso that, since; "emphatic enclitic"
4Proto-Balto-Slavicge—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Polish -ż →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ge →