Where does “распивать” come from?

распивать (Russian) comes from Russian распи́ть, from Russian рас-, from Russian раз-, from Old East Slavic роз-, from Proto-Slavic orz- — dis-.

распивать (Russian): to drink (usually alcohol) with someone else

Definitions

  1. to drink (usually alcohol) with someone else

Ancestry of “распивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianраспи́тьto drink (usually alcohol) with someone else
2Russianрас-Alternative form of раз-
3Russianраз-asunder, apart; dis-, di-, un-; enlarged action
4Old East Slavicроз-—
5Proto-Slavicorz-dis-
Every word from Proto-Slavic orz- →Every word from Russian раз- →Every word from Russian рас- →