Where does “заинтересоваться” come from?
заинтересоваться (Russian) comes from Russian заинтересова́ть, from Russian интересовать, from Russian интере́с, from Polish interes, from German interesse, from Latin interesse, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία — to be.
заинтересоваться (Russian): to become interested, to take an interest
Definitions
- to become interested, to take an interest
Ancestry of “заинтересоваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | заинтересова́ть | to (start to) interest, to concern |
| 2 | Russian | интересовать | to interest, to concern |
| 3 | Russian | интере́с | interest |
| 4 | Polish | interes | business; manhood, package |
| 5 | German | interesse | interest attention and concern |
| 6 | Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 7 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |