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

  1. place, city; place, position

Ancestry of “ме́сто”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicмѣсто—
2Proto-Slavicměstoplace, location; settlement, town, city

Words derived from “ме́сто”

Every word from Proto-Slavic město →Every word from Old East Slavic мѣсто →