Etymograph

English

RSF

RSF comes from French RSF ‘Reporters sans frontières’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentRSF‘Reporters sans frontières’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentRSF‘Reporters sans frontières’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

Earliest quotation: 2020, Angela Dewan, At least 50 journalists were killed in 2020, most outside co: “Meanwhile, in what RSF noted as a new trend…”

Today it means

name Reporters Without Borders

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

Etymograph / French RSF / RSF