Where does “усовершенствование” come from?
усовершенствование (Russian) comes from Russian усоверше́нствовать, from Russian соверше́нствовать, from Russian соверше́нство, from Russian соверше́нный, from Russian -е́нный, from Old Church Slavonic -еньнъ.
усовершенствование (Russian): improvement, betterment; perfection (action)
Definitions
- improvement, betterment; perfection (action)
Ancestry of “усовершенствование”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | усоверше́нствовать | to enhance, to upgrade, to improve, to refine |
| 2 | Russian | соверше́нствовать | to better, to develop, to improve, to perfect, to refine |
| 3 | Russian | соверше́нство | perfection, consummation, fineness, polish |
| 4 | Russian | соверше́нный | complete |
| 5 | Russian | -е́нный | used to form past passive participles from verbs in |
| 6 | Old Church Slavonic | -еньнъ | — |