Where does “побачення” come from?
побачення (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian поба́чити, from Ukrainian бачити, from Old East Slavic ба́чити, from Polish baczyć, from Old Polish obaczyć, from Proto-Slavic obačiti, from Proto-Slavic ačiti.
побачення (Ukrainian): appointment meeting by arrangement
Definitions
- appointment meeting by arrangement
Ancestry of “побачення”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | поба́чити | to see |
| 2 | Ukrainian | бачити | to see; to have the faculty of eyesight |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | ба́чити | — |
| 4 | Polish | baczyć | to look, to pay attention |
| 5 | Old Polish | obaczyć | to notice, to perceive, to become aware of; to find out |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | obačiti | to see, to notice, to watch |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | ačiti | — |