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Where does “место” come from?

место (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic мѣсто, from Proto-Slavic město — place, location; settlement, town, city.

место (Russian): place, city; place, position

Definitions

  1. place, city; place, position

Ancestry of “место”, step by step

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

Words derived from “место”

  • одноместный
  • -местить
  • местоимение
  • местный
  • двухместный
  • mesta
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