Where does “poprzestawać” come from?

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

poprzestawać (Polish): to make do with, to settle

Definitions

  1. to make do with, to settle

Ancestry of “poprzestawać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpoprzestaćto make do with, to settle
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- →