Where does “лицемерить” come from?
лицемерить (Russian) comes from Russian ме́рить, from Proto-Slavic měriti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
лицемерить (Russian): to be hypocritical, to masquerade
Definitions
- to be hypocritical, to masquerade
Ancestry of “лицемерить”, step by step
лицемерить traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ме́рить
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ме́рить | to measure |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | měriti | to measure |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |