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Where does “осторо́жность” come from?

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

Ancestry of “осторо́жность”, step by step

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

Words derived from “осторо́жность”

  • предосторожность
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