Where does “противоборствовать” come from?
противоборствовать (Russian) comes from Russian противобо́рство, from Russian боро́ться, from Old East Slavic боротися, from Proto-Slavic bòrti, from Norwegian Nynorsk i, from Latin I, from Etruscan 𐌉, from Ancient Greek Ι.
противоборствовать (Russian): to expostulate, to fight, to resist
Definitions
- to expostulate, to fight, to resist
Ancestry of “противоборствовать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | противобо́рство | confrontation, opposition, resistance |
| 2 | Russian | боро́ться | to fight |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | боротися | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | bòrti | to fight (transitive) |
| 5 | Norwegian Nynorsk | i | in, inside of; for, in, during; in |
| 6 | Latin | I | i |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌉 | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ι | The number one in Greek numerals resp. Attic... |
| 9 | Phoenician | 𐤉 | yod; yodh |
| 10 | Egyptian | 𓂝 | — |