Where does “-ова́ть” come from?

-ова́ть (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

-ова́ть (Russian): Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives, or foreign verbs

Definitions

  1. Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives, or foreign verbs

Ancestry of “-ова́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “-ова́ть

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati