Where does “zadośćuczynić” come from?
zadośćuczynić (Polish) comes from Polish zadość, from Polish za, from Polish w, from Polish reszta, from German Rest, from Italian resto, from Italian restare, from Latin restō — before, in front; first; to go through.
zadośćuczynić (Polish): to atone
Definitions
- to atone
Ancestry of “zadośćuczynić”, step by step
zadośćuczynić traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish zadość
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | zadość | enough, sufficiently |
| 2 | Polish | za | behind; for, after; in, for |
| 3 | Polish | w | in, at, on; into, in; on |
| 4 | Polish | reszta | rest; change; remainder |
| 5 | German | Rest | rest, remainder, remnant; radical |
| 6 | Italian | resto | rest, remainder, balance |
| 7 | Italian | restare | to stay; to remain |
| 8 | Latin | restō | to stand firm; to stay behind |
| 9 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 10 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 11 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
via Polish uczynić
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | uczynić | to make, to do |