Where does “попробовать” come from?
попробовать (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.
попробовать (Russian): to test, to attempt, to try; to taste
Definitions
- to test, to attempt, to try; to taste
Ancestry of “попробовать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | про́бовать | — |
| 2 | Russian | про́ба | — |
| 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 | — |
| 8 | Latin | Probus | — |
| 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 |