Where does “злорадствовать” come from?

злорадствовать (Russian) comes from Russian злорадство, from Russian рад, from Russian радиан, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

злорадствовать (Russian): to gloat, to feel schadenfreude/epicaricacy

Definitions

  1. to gloat, to feel schadenfreude/epicaricacy

Ancestry of “злорадствовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзлорадствоschadenfreude
2Russianрадglad; rad; API •  m inan
3Russianрадиан—
4Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
5English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
6Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →