Where does “pogrešan” come from?
pogrešan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pogriješiti, from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
pogrešan (Serbo-Croatian): wrong, incorrect
Definitions
- wrong, incorrect
Ancestry of “pogrešan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pogriješiti | to mistake, be wrong |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | po | half; for; over, through, across, in, on |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | pol | pole; sex; gender |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πόλος | pivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |