English
SBU
SBU comes from Ukrainian СБУ.
- UkrainianmodernСБУSBU
- Englishearliest quotation 2022SBU
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- UkrainianmodernСБУSBU
- Englishearliest quotation 2022SBU
Earliest quotation: 2022, Lorenzo Tondo, Ukraine’s security service raids Russian-backed monastery in: “Ukraine’s SBU security service and police have raided a…”
The story
Borrowed from Ukrainian СБУ (SBU), initialism of Слу́жба безпе́ки Украї́ни (Slúžba bezpéky Ukrajíny, literally “Security Service of Ukraine”).
Every English word from Ukrainian СБУ
Today it means
name The Security Service of Ukraine, the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian government.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ukrainian СБУ / SBU