Where does “перепробовать” come from?
перепробовать (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.
перепробовать (Russian): to try (all or many)
Definitions
- to try (all or many)
Ancestry of “перепробовать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | про́бовать | to test, to attempt, to try |
| 2 | Russian | про́ба | trial, test |
| 3 | Polish | próba | rehearsal; attempt, effort, test, trial, try;... |
| 4 | German | probe | inflection of proben: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | proba | test, trial; proof, evidence |
| 6 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 8 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 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 |