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Where does “кириллица” come from?

кириллица (Russian) comes from Russian Кири́лл, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος, from Ancient Greek κῡ́ριος.

кириллица (Russian): Cyrillic alphabet

Definitions

  1. Cyrillic alphabet

Ancestry of “кириллица”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianКири́лл—
2Ancient GreekΚύριλλος—
3Ancient Greekκῡ́ριος—
Every word from Ancient Greek κῡ́ριος →