Where does “разжаловать” come from?
разжаловать (Russian) comes from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.
разжаловать (Russian): to demote
Ancestry of “разжаловать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | раз- | asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | роз- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | orz- | dis- |