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Where does “хорошенький” come from?

хорошенький (Russian) comes from Russian хоро́ший, from Old East Slavic хорошь, from Proto-Slavic *xoroščьnъ.

Ancestry of “хорошенький”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianхоро́шийpretty, good-looking, handsome
2Old East Slavicхорошь—
3Proto-Slavic*xoroščьnъ—
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