Where does “опробовать” come from?
опробовать (Russian) comes from Russian про́бовать, from Russian про́ба, from Polish próba, from German probe, from Latin proba, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus — passed , crossed.
опробовать (Russian): to test, to sample
Ancestry of “опробовать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | про́бовать | — |
| 2 | Russian | про́ба | — |
| 3 | Polish | próba | rehearsal; attempt, effort, test, trial, try;... |
| 4 | German | probe | inflection of proben:
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| 5 | Latin | proba | test, trial; proof, evidence |
| 6 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | probō | — |
| 8 | Latin | Probus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |