Where does “усматривать” come from?
усматривать (Russian) comes from Russian усмотре́ть, from Russian у-, from Proto-Slavic u- — away.
усматривать (Russian): to see , to perceive , to discover; to look , to...
Definitions
- to see , to perceive , to discover; to look , to...
Ancestry of “усматривать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | усмотре́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | у- | away; with a more concrete purpose |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | u- | away |