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Where does “прост” come from?

прост (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic prostъ, from Proto-Indo-European pro-sth₂o-.

прост (Serbo-Croatian): common, plain, vulgar, ignoble; simple, easy,...

Definitions

  1. common, plain, vulgar, ignoble; simple, easy,...

Ancestry of “прост”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicprostъsimple, straight
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-sth₂o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pro-sth₂o- →