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Where does “neprietenos” come from?

neprietenos (Romanian) comes from Romanian prietenos, from Romanian prieten, from Old Church Slavonic приꙗтель, from Proto-Slavic prijateľь, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.

neprietenos (Romanian): unfriendly

Definitions

  1. unfriendly

Ancestry of “neprietenos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianprietenosfriendly
2Romanianprietenfriend; boyfriend
3Old Church Slavonicприꙗтельfriend
4Proto-Slavicprijateľьfriend
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpreyH-to love, to please
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