Where does “pogrom” come from?

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

pogrom (Polish): resounding defeat; massacre; pogrom

Definitions

  1. resounding defeat; massacre; pogrom

Ancestry of “pogrom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpogromić—
2Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
3Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
4Proto-Slavicpo-after
Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Polish po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →