Where does “утрачивать” come from?

утрачивать (Russian) comes from Russian утра́тить, from Russian у-, from Proto-Slavic u- — away.

утрачивать (Russian): to lose, to forfeit

Definitions

  1. to lose, to forfeit

Ancestry of “утрачивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianутра́титьto lose
2Russianу-away; with a more concrete purpose
3Proto-Slavicu-away
Every word from Proto-Slavic u- →Every word from Russian у- →Every word from Russian утра́тить →