Where does “интересовать” come from?
интересовать (Russian) comes from Russian интере́с, from Polish interes, from German interesse, from Latin interesse, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί, from Proto-Hellenic ehmi — to be.
интересовать (Russian): to interest, to concern
Definitions
- to interest, to concern
Ancestry of “интересовать”, step by step
интересовать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian интере́с
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | интере́с | interest |
| 2 | Polish | interes | business; manhood, package |
| 3 | German | interesse | interest attention and concern |
| 4 | Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 5 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
via German interessieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | interessieren | to interest |
| 2 | French | intéresser | to interest; to make interested; to be interested... |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 5 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |