# Russian language has no native word for passport?

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**Created:** [March 10, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-language-has-no-native-word-for-passport/960797 "2022-03-10T05:45:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-language-has-no-native-word-for-passport/960797/27 "2022-03-11T16:36:48Z")

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Yep. Time to drop a link to one of my favorite things - an essay on Atomic Theory that drops all those foreign (Latin or Greek) words (like Atomic and Theory) for words made out of good Germanic roots

[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.language.artificial/c/ZL4e3fD7eW0/m/\_7p8bKwLJWkJ](https://groups.google.com/g/alt.language.artificial/c/ZL4e3fD7eW0/m/_7p8bKwLJWkJ)

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