Where does “же́нственный” come from?

же́нственный (Russian) comes from Russian -е́нный, from Old Church Slavonic -еньнъ.

же́нственный (Russian): womanly, feminine having the characteristics of a woman

Definitions

  1. womanly, feminine having the characteristics of a woman

Ancestry of “же́нственный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-е́нныйused to form past passive participles from verbs in
2Old Church Slavonic-еньнъ—

Words derived from “же́нственный”

Every word from Old Church Slavonic -еньнъ →Every word from Russian -е́нный →