Where does “postępowy” come from?

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

postępowy (Polish): progressive

Definitions

  1. progressive

Ancestry of “postępowy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpostępprogress
2Polishpostąpićto act, behave
3Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
4Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
5Proto-Slavicpo-after

Words derived from “postępowy”

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