Where does “popilnować” come from?

popilnować (Polish) comes from Polish pilnować, from Polish -ować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

popilnować (Polish): to watch over for a while

Definitions

  1. to watch over for a while

Ancestry of “popilnować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpilnowaćto guard, watch, supervise
2Polish-owaćUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
3Latin-owac—
4Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Polish -ować →Every word from Latin -owac →