Where does “затрачивать” come from?
затрачивать (Russian) comes from Russian затра́тить, from Russian тра́тить, from Proto-Slavic tratiti — perhaps originally to shatter, to wreck, to crumble.
затрачивать (Russian): to spend, to expend
Definitions
- to spend, to expend
Ancestry of “затрачивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | затра́тить | to spend, to expend |
| 2 | Russian | тра́тить | to spend, to expend |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tratiti | perhaps originally to shatter, to wreck, to crumble |