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Where does “разворовать” come from?

разворовать (Russian) comes from Russian ворова́ть, from Russian вор, from English vore, from English Vaux, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “разворовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianворова́ть—
2Russianворthief; traitor, apostate, outlaw; Clipping of вор...
3EnglishvoreThe genre of creative work appreciated by...
4EnglishVaux—
5English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
6French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
7Latin-īta—
8Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
9Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
10Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
11Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
14Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “разворовать”

  • разворовывать
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