English
Stasi
Stasi comes from German Stasi, and goes back to Staatssicherheit ‘Ministry for State Security’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentStaatssicherheit‘Ministry for State Security’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentStasi
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentStaatssicherheit‘Ministry for State Security’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentStasi
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
Earliest quotation: 2014, Daniel Ruth, Taking a byte out of privacy: “The Facebook Stasi then surreptitiously monitored the subscribers' writing…”
Every English word from German Staatssicherheit
Today it means
name The Ministry for State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Staatssicherheit / Stasi