zakaz (Polish)
Where does "zakaz" come from?
The Polish word 'zakaz', meaning a prohibition or ban, is a deverbal noun derived from the verb 'zakazać'. It emerged through the internal linguistic mechanics of the Polish language, capturing the act or result of forbidding something.
Full etymology tree
- zakaz (Polish), 'prohibition, ban'
- deverbal zakazać (Polish), 'to forbid, to prohibit, to disallow, to ban'
- inherited zakazać (Old Polish)
- inherited *zakazati (Proto-Slavic)
- inherited zakazać (Old Polish)
- deverbal zakazać (Polish), 'to forbid, to prohibit, to disallow, to ban'
Descendants and derived words
- zakazać (Polish)
- zakazywać (Polish)
Updated July 2026
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