Trubetzkoyan

adjective

Tru·​betz·​koy·​an

¦trübə̇t¦skȯiən

: relating to or characteristic of the linguistic or terminology of Nikolai Trubetzkoi

Word History

Etymology

Nikolai Trubetzkoi †1938 Russian linguist + English -an

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