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

Definitions

  1. despotism

Ancestry of “despotstvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-stvoSuffix appended to words to create a neuter noun,...
2Proto-Slavic-ьstvoDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a condition...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-istwas—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic -istwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьstvo →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -stvo →