Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·russian ·1957
Sputnik
from спутник (sputnik)
- Meaning
- Travelling companion — applied to the 1957 Soviet satellite.
- Source word
- спутник (sputnik)
- Route into English
- The October 1957 launch put the word into headlines worldwide overnight.
- Arrived
- 1957
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