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Where does “обязанность” come from?

обязанность (Russian) comes from Russian -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

обязанность (Russian): duty; service

Definitions

  1. duty; service

Ancestry of “обязанность”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ость-ness, -ity
2Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
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