Where does “разукрашивать” come from?
разукрашивать (Russian) comes from Russian разукра́сить, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.
разукрашивать (Russian): to adorn, to decorate; to beautify, to embellish;...
Definitions
- to adorn, to decorate; to beautify, to embellish;...
Ancestry of “разукрашивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | разукра́сить | — |
| 2 | Russian | раз- | asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | роз- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | orz- | dis- |