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Where does “предвзя́тый” come from?

предвзя́тый (Russian) comes from Russian пред-, from Old Church Slavonic прѣдъ, from Proto-Slavic perdъ, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “предвзя́тый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпред-before, fore-, pre-; cis-
2Old Church Slavonicпрѣдъbefore; in front of
3Proto-Slavicperdъbefore, in front of; before
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “предвзя́тый”

  • предвзятость
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