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Where does “злоупотреби́ть” come from?

злоупотреби́ть (Russian) comes from Russian употреби́ть, from Russian потреби́ть, from Russian потреба, from Russian тре́ба, from Church Slavonic трѣба, from Proto-Slavic terba, from Proto-Germanic þerb-.

Ancestry of “злоупотреби́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianупотреби́тьto use
2Russianпотреби́ть—
3Russianпотребаneed
4Russianтре́ба—
5Church Slavonicтрѣба—
6Proto-Slavicterbaneed
7Proto-Germanicþerb-—

Words derived from “злоупотреби́ть”

  • злоупотреблять
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