English
ruble
Ruble comes from Russian рубль ‘ruble, rouble’, and goes back to Old East Slavic рубль.
- Old East Slavicmodernрубль
- Russianmodernрубль‘ruble, rouble’
- Englishearliest quotation 1995ruble
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Old East Slavicmodernрубль
- Russianmodernрубль‘ruble, rouble’
- Englishearliest quotation 1995ruble
Earliest quotation: 1995, Fielding's ‘The World's Most Dangerous P: “While the local currency is the manat, the Russian…”
Linked words
through Russian рубль ‘ruble, rouble’
Today it means
noun The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100 kopeks. (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old East Slavic рубль / ruble