Where does “дозировка” come from?
дозировка (Russian) comes from Russian дози́ровать, from German dosieren, from French doser, from French dose, from Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις, from Ancient Greek δίδωμι, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti — to give.
дозировка (Russian): dosing; dosage
Ancestry of “дозировка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | дози́ровать | — |
| 2 | German | dosieren | to dose |
| 3 | French | doser | to dose; to dish out |
| 4 | French | dose | proportion; dose; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | dosis | dose |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δόσις | giving, a gift; license, permission; portion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δίδωμι | I give, present, offer; I grant, allow, permit;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |