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Where does “ратовать” come from?

ратовать (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic *ortovati.

ратовать (Russian): to fight , to stand up; to declaim , to inveigh

Definitions

  1. to fight , to stand up; to declaim , to inveigh

Ancestry of “ратовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*ortovati—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *ortovati →