Where does “dobroczynny” come from?

dobroczynny (Polish) comes from Polish Dobry, from Old Polish dobry, from Proto-Slavic dòbrъ — good, right.

dobroczynny (Polish): charitable, philanthropic, benevolent, beneficent

Definitions

  1. charitable, philanthropic, benevolent, beneficent

Ancestry of “dobroczynny”, step by step

dobroczynny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish Dobry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishDobrygood
2Old Polishdobrygood
3Proto-Slavicdòbrъgood, right

via Polish czyn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishczynact, deed
2Proto-Slavic*čȋnъdignity
Every word from Proto-Slavic dòbrъ →Every word from Old Polish dobry →Every word from Polish Dobry →