Where does “zavoleti” come from?

zavoleti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian za, from Proto-Slavic za — behind, after (stationary).

zavoleti (Serbo-Croatian): to get to like/love somebody or something; to...

Definitions

  1. to get to like/love somebody or something; to...

Ancestry of “zavoleti”, step by step

zavoleti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian za

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzafor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)

via Serbo-Croatian voleti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianvoletito love; to like
Every word from Proto-Slavic za →Every word from Serbo-Croatian za →