to amuse (to cause a feeling of lightheartedness or humor) · to entertain (to cause pleasure) · to entertain (to have someone over at one's home for a party or visit)
köken: Inherited from Old Polish bawić, from Proto-Slavic *bàviti (“to linger”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bāwˀitei?, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰowH-éye-ti, causative of *bʰuH- (“to become”). Cognate to Sanskrit भावयति (bhāváyati).
to entertain, delight, amuse · to pass (the time) agreeably · to delay, detain
çekim: ortaç oblectātus · şimdiki oblectat · ulaç oblectāns
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Latin lactō Latin oblectō From ob- (“to, because of”) + lactō (“flatter, please”).
köken: Probably borrowed from Spanish recibir, from Latin recipere. Compare the alternative forms, reflecting native continuations of Old Galician-Portuguese receber, reçebir (13th c., Cantigas de Santa Maria).