Where does “злорадство” come from?
злорадство (Russian) comes from Russian рад, from Russian радиан, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.
злорадство (Russian): schadenfreude
Ancestry of “злорадство”, step by step
злорадство traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian рад
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | рад | glad; rad; API • m inan |
| 2 | Russian | радиан | — |
| 3 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 4 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 5 | Middle English | -an | — |
via Russian зло
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | зло | evil, bad, wrong; harm; malice, rage, anger,... |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | зъло | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *zъlo | evil |
Words derived from “злорадство”