English
Lenine
Lenine comes from Russian Ле́нин.
- RussianmodernЛе́нинLénin
- EnglishtodayLenine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- RussianmodernЛе́нинLénin
- 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.
Every English word from Russian Ле́нин
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian Ле́нин / Lenine