Where does “раскрашивать” come from?
раскрашивать (Russian) comes from Russian раскра́сить, from Russian рас-, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.
раскрашивать (Russian): to paint, to colour
Definitions
- to paint, to colour
Ancestry of “раскрашивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | раскра́сить | to paint, to colour/color |
| 2 | Russian | рас- | Alternative form of раз- |
| 3 | Russian | раз- | asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | роз- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | orz- | dis- |