Where does “интересоваться” come from?
интересоваться (Russian) comes from Russian интересовать, from Russian интере́с, from Polish interes, from German interesse, from Latin interesse, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί — to be.
интересоваться (Russian): to be interested
Definitions
- to be interested
Ancestry of “интересоваться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | интересовать | to interest, to concern |
| 2 | Russian | интере́с | interest |
| 3 | Polish | interes | business; manhood, package |
| 4 | German | interesse | interest attention and concern |
| 5 | Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 6 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |