Where does “потомственный” come from?

потомственный (Russian) comes from Russian -е́нный, from Old Church Slavonic -еньнъ.

потомственный (Russian): hereditary, ancestral; by birth

Definitions

  1. hereditary, ancestral; by birth

Ancestry of “потомственный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-е́нныйused to form past passive participles from verbs in
2Old Church Slavonic-еньнъ—
Every word from Old Church Slavonic -еньнъ →Every word from Russian -е́нный →
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