Where does “набилдати” come from?
набилдати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian билдати, from Serbo-Croatian би̏лдер, from English builder, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
набилдати (Serbo-Croatian): to become buff by body-building
Definitions
- to become buff by body-building
Ancestry of “набилдати”, step by step
набилдати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian билдати
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | билдати | to practice body-building; to become buff by... |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | би̏лдер | bodybuilder |
| 3 | English | builder | A person who builds or constructs things; Master... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |