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Where does “крепостничество” come from?

крепостничество (Russian) comes from Russian крепостно́й, from Russian кре́пость, from Old East Slavic крѣпость, from Proto-Slavic krěpostь, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

крепостничество (Russian): serfdom

Definitions

  1. serfdom

Ancestry of “крепостничество”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкрепостно́й—
2Russianкре́пость—
3Old East Slavicкрѣпостьstrength
4Proto-Slavickrěpostь—
5Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
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