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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

  1. to paint, to colour

Ancestry of “раскрашивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianраскра́сить—
2Russianрас-Alternative form of раз-
3Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
4Old East Slavicроз-—
5Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
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