Where does “предвкушать” come from?
предвкушать (Russian) comes from Russian предвкуси́ть, from Russian пред-, from Old Church Slavonic прѣдъ, from Proto-Slavic perdъ, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
предвкушать (Russian): to look forward (to), to anticipate (with pleasure)
Definitions
- to look forward (to), to anticipate (with pleasure)
Ancestry of “предвкушать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | предвкуси́ть | to look forward (to), to anticipate (with pleasure) |
| 2 | Russian | пред- | before, fore-, pre-; cis- |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | прѣдъ | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | perdъ | before, in front of; before |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |