Etymology

syuzhet

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Today it means: The way in which the story is told throughout a book or film; an employment of narrative. Full definition →

Russian сюже́т ← French sujet ← Latin subiectum
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  1. Latin · derived fromsubiectum
  2. French · derived fromsujet
  3. Russian · borrowed fromсюже́т
  4. English todaysyuzhet

From Russian сюже́т (sjužét), from French sujet, from Latin subiectum.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.