Where does “glasnost” come from?

Glasnost comes from Russian гла́сность, derived from the Russian adjective гла́сный meaning "voiced" or "public."

glasnost (English): 1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union...

Definitions

  1. 1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union...

Ancestry of “glasnost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгла́сностьopenness; publicity
2Russian-ость-ness, -ity
3Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...

Words derived from “glasnost”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Russian -ость →Every word from Russian гла́сность →