Where does “potajemność” come from?

potajemność (Polish) comes from Polish potajemny, from Polish po-, from Old Polish po-, from Proto-Slavic po- — after.

potajemność (Polish): clandestinity, furtiveness, covertness

Definitions

  1. clandestinity, furtiveness, covertness

Ancestry of “potajemność”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpotajemnysecret, covert, clandestine
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- →