Etymograph

English

Lenine

Lenine comes from Russian Ле́нин.

  1. RussianmodernЛе́нинLénin
  2. EnglishtodayLenine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. RussianmodernЛе́нинLénin
  2. EnglishtodayLenine

The story

Transliteration of Russian Ле́нин (Lénin); this -ine variant (most likely influenced by the French Lénine) was common circa 1915–1923 but thereafter was displaced by what became the standard transliteration in English, Lenin.

Today it means

name —

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

Etymograph / Russian Ле́нин / Lenine