Where does “ме́сто” come from?
ме́сто (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic мѣсто, from Proto-Slavic město — place, location; settlement, town, city.
ме́сто (Russian): place, city; place, position
Definitions
- place, city; place, position
Ancestry of “ме́сто”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old East Slavic | мѣсто | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | město | place, location; settlement, town, city |
Words derived from “ме́сто”