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Where does “поприветствовать” come from?

поприветствовать (Russian) comes from Russian приве́тствовать, from Russian приве́т, from Old East Slavic привѣтъ, from Old Church Slavonic привѣтъ, from Proto-Slavic privětъ.

поприветствовать (Russian): to welcome, to greet, to salute

Definitions

  1. to welcome, to greet, to salute

Ancestry of “поприветствовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianприве́тствовать—
2Russianприве́тhello, hi
3Old East Slavicпривѣтъgreeting; appeal; dictum, word; intention, will;...
4Old Church Slavonicпривѣтъintention
5Proto-Slavicprivětъ—
Every word from Proto-Slavic privětъ →