Where does “разговорник” come from?

разговорник (Russian) comes from Russian разгово́р, from Russian разговори́ть, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.

разговорник (Russian): phrasebook

Definitions

  1. phrasebook

Ancestry of “разговорник”, step by step

разговорник traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian разгово́р

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianразгово́рtalk, conversation
2Russianразговори́тьto get (someone) talking; engage (others) to chat; draw in collocutors to make conversation
3Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
4Old East Slavicроз-—
5Proto-Slavicorz-dis-

via Macedonian разговор

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianразговорtalk, conversation
Every word from Proto-Slavic orz- →Every word from Russian раз- →Every word from Russian разговори́ть →