Where does “okazałość” come from?
okazałość (Polish) comes from Polish okazały, from Polish okazać, from Old Polish okazać, from Old Polish o-, from Proto-Slavic o(b)- — over.
okazałość (Polish): grandeur, stateliness
Ancestry of “okazałość”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | okazały | grand, stately |
| 2 | Polish | okazać | to show |
| 3 | Old Polish | okazać | to display |
| 4 | Old Polish | o- | appears in front of some verbs meaning: to make something behave in a certain way, en-, be-, make |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | o(b)- | over |