Where does “ropowica” come from?

ropowica (Polish) comes from Polish -owica, from Old Polish -owica, from Old Polish -owy, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

ropowica (Polish): phlegmon

Definitions

  1. phlegmon

Ancestry of “ropowica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-owicaforms feminine nouns, usually diseases
2Old Polish-owicaforms feminine nouns
3Old Polish-owyappended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Old Polish -owy →Every word from Polish -owica →