Where does “заинтересова́ть” come from?
заинтересова́ть (Russian) comes from Russian интересовать, from Russian интере́с, from Polish interes, from German interesse, from Latin interesse, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί — to be.
заинтересова́ть (Russian): to (start to) interest, to concern
Definitions
- to (start to) interest, to concern
Ancestry of “заинтересова́ть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | интересовать | to interest, to concern |
| 2 | Russian | интере́с | interest |
| 3 | Polish | interes | business; manhood, package |
| 4 | German | interesse | interest attention and concern |
| 5 | Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 6 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |