Where does “ustępstwo” come from?

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

ustępstwo (Polish): concession

Definitions

  1. concession

Ancestry of “ustępstwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishustępowaćto give way, to yield
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 -ovatiEvery word from Polish -owaćEvery word from Latin -owac