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Where does “докуривать” come from?

докуривать (Russian) comes from Russian докури́ть, from Russian до-, from Proto-Slavic dȍ, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

докуривать (Russian): to finish smoking

Definitions

  1. to finish smoking

Ancestry of “докуривать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдокури́ть—
2Russianдо-up to; completely; pre-, ante-
3Proto-Slavicdȍ—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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