Where does “обворовать” come from?
обворовать (Russian) comes from Russian ворова́ть, from Russian вор, from English vore, from English Vaux, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
обворовать (Russian): to rob; to plunder
Definitions
- to rob; to plunder
Ancestry of “обворовать”, step by step
обворовать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ворова́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ворова́ть | to steal, to pilfer |
| 2 | Russian | вор | thief; traitor, apostate, outlaw; Clipping of вор... |
| 3 | English | vore | The genre of creative work appreciated by... |
| 4 | English | Vaux | One of four communes in France |
| 5 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 6 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 7 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Russian об–
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | об– | before certain letters |