Where does “разговорный” come from?
разговорный (Russian) comes from Russian разгово́р, from Russian разговори́ть, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.
разговорный (Russian): colloquial relating to oral communication language
Definitions
- colloquial relating to oral communication language
Ancestry of “разговорный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | разгово́р | talk, conversation |
| 2 | Russian | разговори́ть | to get (someone) talking; engage (others) to chat; draw in collocutors to make conversation |
| 3 | Russian | раз- | asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | роз- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | orz- | dis- |