Where does “po-” come from?

po- (Polish) comes from Old Polish po-, from Proto-Slavic po- — after.

po- (Polish): Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...

Definitions

  1. Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...

Ancestry of “po-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
2Proto-Slavicpo-after

Words derived from “po-”

Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →