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Where does “преждевременно” come from?

преждевременно (Russian) comes from Russian преждевре́менный, from Russian вре́мя, from Church Slavonic врѣмѧ, from Proto-Slavic vermę, from Proto-Slavic vertmen, from Proto-Indo-European wertmen.

преждевременно (Russian): prematurely, in an untimely manner

Definitions

  1. prematurely, in an untimely manner

Ancestry of “преждевременно”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпреждевре́менный—
2Russianвре́мяtime
3Church Slavonicврѣмѧ—
4Proto-Slavicvermętime
5Proto-Slavicvertmen—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwertmen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wertmen →