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Where does “разворовывать” come from?

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

разворовывать (Russian): to steal , to sack, to embezzle, to plunder

Definitions

  1. to steal , to sack, to embezzle, to plunder

Ancestry of “разворовывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianразворова́ть—
2Russianворова́ть—
3Russianворthief; traitor, apostate, outlaw; Clipping of вор...
4EnglishvoreThe genre of creative work appreciated by...
5EnglishVaux—
6English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
7French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
8Latin-īta—
9Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
10Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
11Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
12Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
13Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
14Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
15Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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