Where does “отплатить” come from?

отплатить (Russian) comes 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.

отплатить (Russian): to pay back, to recompense (with money)

Definitions

  1. to pay back, to recompense (with money)

Ancestry of “отплатить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianплати́тьto pay
2Proto-Slavicplatitito pay
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →