English
KAB
KAB may come from Russian КАБ.
- RussianmodernКАБKABuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1978KAB
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- RussianmodernКАБKABuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1978KAB
Earliest quotation: 1978, David R. Jones: “[…] from the "smart" or "precision-guided" missiles, bombs (KABs)…”
Every English word from Russian КАБ
Today it means
noun A guided bomb (GBU), in a Soviet or post-Soviet (especially Russian or Ukrainian) military context.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian КАБ / KAB