Where does “Лжедмитрий” come from?
Лжедмитрий (Russian) comes from Russian Дми́трий, from Latin Demetrius, from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος, from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ, from Proto-Hellenic mā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
Лжедмитрий (Russian): False Dmitry (the name refers to various impostors who passed themselves off as Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich)
Definitions
- False Dmitry (the name refers to various impostors who passed themselves off as Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich)