Etymograph

English

Saab

Saab comes from Swedish Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget ‘Swedish Aeroplane Company’.

  1. SwedishmodernSvenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget‘Swedish Aeroplane Company’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Saab

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. SwedishmodernSvenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget‘Swedish Aeroplane Company’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Saab

Earliest quotation: 2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows: “His mom shakes her head at her silly little…”

Today it means

name A Swedish aerospace and defence company, which formerly also produced automobiles.

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

Etymograph / Swedish Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget / Saab