Where does “предназначение” come from?

предназначение (Russian) comes 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.

предназначение (Russian): destination, predestination, purpose, designation

Definitions

  1. destination, predestination, purpose, designation

Ancestry of “предназначение”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпредназна́читьto appropriate
2Russianпред-before, fore-, pre-; cis-
3Old Church Slavonicпрѣдъbefore; in front of
4Proto-Slavicperdъbefore, in front of; before
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Slavic perdъ →