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Where does “zaboga” come from?

zaboga (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian za, from Proto-Slavic za — behind, after; in , during; for, in exchange for,...

zaboga (Serbo-Croatian): for goodness' sake!

Definitions

  1. for goodness' sake!

Ancestry of “zaboga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzafor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after; in , during; for, in exchange for,...
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