English
Sovietesque
From Soviet + -esque.
Formed from Soviet + -esque
Proto-Indo-European *weyt-
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Proto-Slavic *větъ ‘agreement’
Proto-Slavic *sъvětъ ‘advice, counsel’
Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ ‘advice’
Russian сове́т ‘advice’
English Soviet
Today it means
adj Reminiscent of the Soviet Union.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sovietesque