English
Leningrad
Leningrad comes from Russian Ленингра́д.
- RussianmodernЛенингра́дLeningrád
- Englishearliest quotation 1953Leningrad
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- RussianmodernЛенингра́дLeningrád
- Englishearliest quotation 1953Leningrad
Earliest quotation: 1953, Ian Fleming, Dossier for M: “Assassination is pointless. Leningrad would quickly cover up his…”
A compound of Ле́нин ‘Lenin’ + град ‘city’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose, encircle’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰ-os
Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas ‘enclosure’
Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ ‘fortification, castle’
Old Church Slavonic градъ ‘town, city (settlement)’
Russian град ‘city’
The story
Named in honour of Vladimir Lenin.
Every English word from Russian Ленингра́д
Today it means
name Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian Ленингра́д / Leningrad