English
Russophone
From Russo- + -phone.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
Ancient Greek φωνή ‘sound’
French téléphone
English telephone
English phone
Today it means
adj Russian-speaking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russophone