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KGB.

KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

name/ka.ɡjɛˈbɛ/
  1. KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)

    historical · indeclinable
  2. KGB (the current Belarusian security service)

    indeclinable
Where this word comes from

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 комите́т (komitét) Russian госуда́рь (gosudárʹ) Proto-Indo-European *-tusder. Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo Russian -ство (-stvo) Russian госуда́рство (gosudárstvo) Russian -енный (-ennyj) Russian госуда́рственной (gosudárstvennoj) Russian безопа́сный (bezopásnyj) Russian -ость (-ostʹ) Russian безопа́сности (bezopásnosti) Russian Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti)init. Russian КГБ (KGB)bor. Polish KGB Borrowed from Russian КГБ (KGB).

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