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Where does “образова́тельный” come from?

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

Ancestry of “образова́тельный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianобразова́ть—
2Russian-ова́ть—
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “образова́тельный”

  • общеобразовательный
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