Etymology

ustav

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Today it means: The earliest style of Cyrillic writing developed from Greek uncial in the late 9th century, predominant in the 11th–14th centuries. Full definition →

Old Church Slavonic оуставъ
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  1. Old Church Slavonic · borrowed fromоуставъ
  2. English todayustav

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оуставъ (ustavŭ). Cognate of устав in modern Bulgarian and modern Russian.

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