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Where does “полюбопытствовать” come from?

полюбопытствовать (Russian) comes from Russian любопы́тствовать, from Russian -ова́ть, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

полюбопытствовать (Russian): to be curious, to ask

Definitions

  1. to be curious, to ask

Ancestry of “полюбопытствовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлюбопы́тствовать—
2Russian-ова́ть—
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
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