English
GRU
GRU comes from Russian ГРУ.
- RussianmodernГРУGRU
- Englishearliest quotation 2020GRU
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- RussianmodernГРУGRU
- Englishearliest quotation 2020GRU
Earliest quotation: 2020, Ben Aaronovitch, False Value: “Apparently nobody ever expects the GRU, Russian Military Intelligence.”
Every English word from Russian ГРУ
Today it means
name The Main Intelligence Directorate — the Soviet and then the Russian military intelligence agency.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian ГРУ / GRU