Where does “просто-напросто” come from?
просто-напросто (Russian) comes from Russian про́сто, from Russian просто́й, from Russian проста́ивать, from Russian простоять, from Russian стоя́ть, from Old East Slavic стоꙗти, from Proto-Slavic stojati, from Proto-Slavic stojěti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
просто-напросто (Russian): simply, just
Definitions
- simply, just
Ancestry of “просто-напросто”, step by step
просто-напросто traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian про́сто
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | про́сто | simply, plainly, just |
| 2 | Russian | просто́й | simple; ordinary |
| 3 | Russian | проста́ивать | to stand, to stay for some time |
| 4 | Russian | простоять | to stand, to stay; to stand idle; to stand, to... |
| 5 | Russian | стоя́ть | to stand |
| 6 | Old East Slavic | стоꙗти | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | stojati | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | stojěti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 10 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |