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Where does “лицедейство” come from?

лицедейство (Russian) comes from Russian -ство́, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.

лицедейство (Russian): acting, performance; hypocrisy

Definitions

  1. acting, performance; hypocrisy

Ancestry of “лицедейство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ство́—
2Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →