Where does “оплатиться” come from?
оплатиться (Russian) comes from Russian оплати́ть, from Russian плати́ть, from Proto-Slavic platiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
оплатиться (Russian): passive of оплати́ть
Ancestry of “оплатиться”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | оплати́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | плати́ть | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | platiti | to pay |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |