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Where does “любопы́тствовать” come from?

любопы́тствовать (Russian) comes from Russian -ова́ть, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

Ancestry of “любопы́тствовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ова́ть—
2Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “любопы́тствовать”

  • полюбопытствовать
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