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Where does “предназначаться” come from?

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

предназначаться (Russian): to be intended; passive of предназнача́ть

Definitions

  1. to be intended; passive of предназнача́ть

Ancestry of “предназначаться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпредназнача́ть—
2Russianпредназна́чить—
3Russianпред-before, fore-, pre-; cis-
4Old Church Slavonicпрѣдъbefore; in front of
5Proto-Slavicperdъbefore, in front of; before
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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