Etymograph

English

Khrushchev

Khrushchev comes from Russian хрущ ‘May beetle’, from Proto-Slavic *xrǫščь ‘cockchafer, scarab’, and ultimately from *xrǫstъ.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xrǫstъreconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*xrǫščь‘cockchafer, scarab’reconstructed
  3. Middle Russianmodernхрущъ
  4. Russianmodernхрущxrušč‘May beetle’
  5. Russian, derivedmodernХрущёвXruščóv
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1974Khrushchev

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xrǫstъreconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*xrǫščь‘cockchafer, scarab’reconstructed
  3. Middle Russianmodernхрущъ
  4. Russianmodernхрущxrušč‘May beetle’
  5. Russian, derivedmodernХрущёвXruščóv
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1974Khrushchev

Earliest quotation: 1974, Freddie Mercury, Killer Queen: “A built-in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy.”

Every English word from Proto-Slavic *xrǫstъ

Today it means

name English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв (Xruščóv); usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.

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Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *xrǫstъ / Khrushchev

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