Where does “почти́тельный” come from?
почти́тельный (Russian) comes from Russian поче́сть, from Russian че́сть, from Old Church Slavonic чьсти, from Proto-Slavic čisti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic (s)keistéi, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷéyt-t ~ *(s)kit-ént, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeyt- — to notice; to read.
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Words derived from “почти́тельный”