Where does “gwałtownik” come from?

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

gwałtownik (Polish): hothead

Definitions

  1. hothead

Ancestry of “gwałtownik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishgwałtownikviolater, defiler; raper
2Old Polishgwałtowaćto violate, to defile; to rape
3Latin-owac
4Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovatiEvery word from Latin -owacEvery word from Old Polish gwałtować