Where does “совершенно” come from?
совершенно (Russian) comes from Russian соверше́нный, from Russian -е́нный, from Old Church Slavonic -еньнъ.
совершенно (Russian): perfectly
Definitions
- perfectly
Ancestry of “совершенно”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | соверше́нный | complete |
| 2 | Russian | -е́нный | used to form past passive participles from verbs in |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | -еньнъ | — |