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Where does “гласность” come from?

гласность (Russian) comes from Russian -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

гласность (Russian): openness; publicity

Definitions

  1. openness; publicity

Ancestry of “гласность”, step by step

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

Words derived from “гласность”

  • glasnost
  • glasnostian
  • glasnostic
  • glasnost
  • glasnost
  • グラスノスチ
  • glasznoszty
  • 글라스노스트
  • glasnost
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