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Where does “томительный” come from?

томительный (Russian) comes from Russian томи́ть, from Old East Slavic томити, from Proto-Slavic tomiti, from Proto-Indo-European tēmH-.

Ancestry of “томительный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтоми́ть—
2Old East Slavicтомити—
3Proto-Slavictomiti—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantēmH-—
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