Etymograph

English

Muscovy

Muscovy comes from Latin Moscovia, and goes back to Old East Slavic *Москꙑ.

  1. Old East Slavicmodern*Москꙑreconstructed
  2. RussianmodernМосква́Moskvá
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMoscovia
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2021Muscovy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

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  1. Old East Slavicmodern*Москꙑreconstructed
  2. RussianmodernМосква́Moskvá
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMoscovia
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2021Muscovy

Earliest quotation: 2021, Michael MacKay, 4:45 PM · Feb 26, 2021: “The Russian Federation's war against Ukraine is now in…”

The story

A learned borrowing from Latin Moscovia, derived from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).

Every English word from Old East Slavic *Москꙑ

Today it means

name The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg.

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

Etymograph / Old East Slavic *Москꙑ / Muscovy

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