Where does “помилувати” come from?

помилувати (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian по-, from Proto-Slavic po- — after.

помилувати (Ukrainian): to have mercy on, to show mercy to, to spare

Definitions

  1. to have mercy on, to show mercy to, to spare

Ancestry of “помилувати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianпо-used to form perfective verbs from imperfective ones
2Proto-Slavicpo-after
Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Ukrainian по- →