Where does “eutanazja” come from?
eutanazja (Polish) comes from Latin euthanasia, from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
eutanazja (Polish): euthanasia
Ancestry of “eutanazja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | euthanasia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | εὐθανασία | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Θάνατος | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | θνῄσκω | I die; I am dead; to be killed |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σκω | Primitive suffix used to form present-tense... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |