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Where does “обратить” come from?

обратить (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic обратити, from Proto-Slavic *obvortiti.

обратить (Russian): to reverse

Definitions

  1. to reverse

Ancestry of “обратить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicобратитиto turn; to convert
2Proto-Slavic*obvortiti—

Words derived from “обратить”

  • обратиться
  • обращение
  • обратимый
  • обратный
Every word from Proto-Slavic *obvortiti →