Etymograph

English

FSB

FSB comes from Russian ФСБ.

  1. RussianmodernФСБFSB
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020FSB

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. RussianmodernФСБFSB
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020FSB

Earliest quotation: 2020, Luke Harding, Alexei Navalny and the long history of poisoned Kremlin crit: “Possible victims included Roman Tsepov, Putin’s bodyguard in 1990s…”

Today it means

name The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Russian ФСБ / FSB