Where does “politowanie” come from?

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

politowanie (Polish): compassion, pity

Definitions

  1. compassion, pity

Ancestry of “politowanie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpolitowaćto take pity
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- →