Where does “психовать” come from?

психовать (Russian) comes from Russian -ова́ть, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

психовать (Russian): to become hysterical, to freak out

Definitions

  1. to become hysterical, to freak out

Ancestry of “психовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ова́тьUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives, or foreign verbs
2Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Russian -ова́ть →