Where does “preplatiti” come from?
preplatiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian platiti, from Proto-Slavic platiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
preplatiti (Serbo-Croatian): to overpay
Ancestry of “preplatiti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | platiti | to pay, pay for |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | platiti | to pay |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |