Where does “cnota” come from?

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

cnota (Polish): virtue; chastity; virginity

Definitions

  1. virtue; chastity; virginity

Ancestry of “cnota”, 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 “cnota”

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