Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·russian ·1959
Cosmonaut
from космонавт (kosmonavt)
- Meaning
- Space-sailor — Russian-coined word for Soviet astronauts.
- Source word
- космонавт (kosmonavt)
- Route into English
- Counterpart to American "astronaut"; the two terms coexist in space-flight history.
- Arrived
- 1959
English borrows.
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