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Where does “зацаривати” come from?

зацаривати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian за̀царити, from Serbo-Croatian ца̏р, from Proto-Slavic cěsařь, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries, from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- — hair.

зацаривати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of за̀царити

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of за̀царити

Ancestry of “зацаривати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianза̀царити—
2Serbo-Croatianца̏рemperor
3Proto-Slaviccěsařьemperor, king
4Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
5LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
6Latincaesariesor hair
7Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair
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