Where does “вместимость” come from?

вместимость (Russian) comes from Russian вмести́мый, from Russian вмести́ть, from Russian в-, from Old Church Slavonic въ-, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n)-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

вместимость (Russian): (holding) capacity

Definitions

  1. (holding) capacity

Ancestry of “вместимость”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвмести́мыйable to hold, having capacity, capacious
2Russianвмести́тьto contain
3Russianв-in, into
4Old Church Slavonicвъ-in, into describing an action of moving inside of something
5Proto-Slavicvъ(n)-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Russian в- →Every word from Russian вмести́ть →