Where does “ратовать” come from?

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

ратовать (Russian): to fight (for), to stand up (for)

Definitions

  1. to fight (for), to stand up (for)

Ancestry of “ратовать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*ortovatito fight
Every word from Proto-Slavic *ortovati