Where does “зачитаться” come from?
зачитаться (Russian) comes from Russian зачита́ть, from Russian чита́ть, from Proto-Slavic čitati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
зачитаться (Russian): to get carried away reading, to read too long
Definitions
- to get carried away reading, to read too long