Where does “popustiti” come from?
popustiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
popustiti (Serbo-Croatian): to reduce, rebate, deduct; to relax, loosen; to...
Definitions
- to reduce, rebate, deduct; to relax, loosen; to...
Ancestry of “popustiti”, step by step
popustiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian po
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | po | half; for; over, through, across, in, on |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | pol | pole; sex; gender |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πόλος | pivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Serbo-Croatian pustiti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pustiti | to let, let go, release; to allow, permit; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pustìti | to let go |
Words derived from “popustiti”