KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee) · KGB (the current Belarusian security service)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin committōbor. Middle English committen English commit English -ee English committeebor. French comitébor. Russian…
initialism of Коміте́т держа́вної безпе́ки (Komitét deržávnoji bezpéky, “State Security Committee”): KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee) · initialism of Коміте́т держа́вної безпе́ки (Komitét deržávnoji bezpéky, “State Security Committee”): KGB (the current Belarusian security service)
initialism of Камітэ́т дзяржа́ўнай бяспе́кі (Kamitét dzjaržáwnaj bjaspjéki, “State Security Committee”): KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee) · initialism of Камітэ́т дзяржа́ўнай бяспе́кі (Kamitét dzjaržáwnaj bjaspjéki, “State Security Committee”): KGB (the current Belarusian security service)
köken: From the pronunciation of the Russian acronym КГБ (KGB).
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Etimoloji
Borrowed from English KGB, itself from Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”) and acronymization.