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Where does “дефетист” come from?

дефетист (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French défaitiste, from Russian пораженец, from Russian пораже́ние — defeat.

дефетист (Serbo-Croatian): defeatist

Definitions

  1. defeatist

Ancestry of “дефетист”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéfaitistedefeatist
2Russianпораженецdefeatist
3Russianпораже́ниеdefeat
Every word from Russian пораже́ние →