Cyrillic

Meanings

Adjective

• Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.

Proper Noun

• The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.

Related

Similar words

• Cyrillic alphabet
• Cyrillic script

Origin

• From the name Cyril + -ic, from Medieval Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος, denoting Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to the Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet, and whose students later devised the Cyrillic script itself.