prozhmoj

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin proximāre (to come near, approach), with a complicated semantic development; 'to get close' > 'to know intimately' > 'to slander'.[1] Equates to prozhëm +‎ -oj.

Verb[edit]

prozhmoj (aorist prozhmova, participle prozhmuar)

  1. to slander, libel

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “prozhmoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 347