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 — hello.
поприветствовать (Russian): to welcome, to greet, to salute
Definitions
- to welcome, to greet, to salute
Ancestry of “поприветствовать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | приве́тствовать | to greet, to hail, to welcome |
| 2 | Russian | приве́т | hello, hi |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | привѣтъ | greeting; appeal; dictum, word; intention, will;... |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | привѣтъ | intention |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | privětъ | hello |