Etymograph

English

Russiagate

From Russia + -gate.

Formed from Russia + -gate

Old East Slavic Русь

Medieval Latin Russia

English Russia

Today it means

name A scandal in the late 1990s in which billions of dollars were laundered out of Russia by the bureaucracy of president Boris Yeltsin with the assistance of Western banks such as the Bank of New York.

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

Etymograph / Russiagate