Where does “pretplatiti” come from?

pretplatiti (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.

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Ancestry of “pretplatiti”, step by step

pretplatiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian platiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianplatitito pay, pay for
2Proto-Slavicplatitito pay
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Serbo-Croatian prȅd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprȅdbefore, just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)
2Proto-Slavicperdъbefore, in front of; before
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →