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Where does “опозорить” come from?

опозорить (Russian) comes from Russian позо́рить, from Russian -и́ть, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

опозорить (Russian): to disgrace, to defame

Definitions

  1. to disgrace, to defame

Ancestry of “опозорить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпозо́рить—
2Russian-и́ть—
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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