Friday, 3 January 2025

Do you speak a little Russian when you say 'pogrom'?

'Pogrom' is a word borrowed from Russian 'pogromit'. The word entered the English language some time around 1903.


pogrom [noun] [1903]
  • an organized massacre of helpless people
  • such a massacre of Jews
See 'pogrom' on the Loan Words Map

See more loan words from Russian.

Etymology: Yiddish, from Russian, literally, devastation
See more loan words from 1900s.


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