Where does “despotstvo” come from?
despotstvo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -stvo, from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas.
despotstvo (Serbo-Croatian): despotism
Ancestry of “despotstvo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | -stvo | Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun,... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ьstvo | Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition... |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -istwas | — |