Cyrillic
1842年，指属于东方教会的斯拉夫人采用的字母表，源自9世纪的斯拉夫使徒圣 Cyril，他被认为是发明它的人。这个字母表取代了早期的 Glagolitic。名字 Cyril 是晚期拉丁语 Cyrillus，来自希腊语 Kyrillos，字面意思是“有主人风范的，有掌控力的”，与 kyrios “主人，掌权者”有关（见 church）。
It is believed to have superseded the Glagolitic as being easier both for the copyist to write and for the foreigner to acquire. Some of its signs are modified from the Glagolitic, but those which Greek and Slavic have in common are taken from the Greek. It was brought into general use by St. Cyril's pupil, Clement, first bishop of Bulgaria. The Russian alphabet is a slight modification of it. [Century Dictionary]
据信它取代了格拉哥里字母表，因为它对于抄写员来说更容易书写，对于外国人来说更容易掌握。它的一些符号是从格拉哥里字母表修改而来的，但希腊语和斯拉夫语共有的符号则来自希腊语。它被圣 Cyril 的学生、保加利亚第一位主教克莱孟特广泛使用。俄语字母表是它的轻微修改版。[世纪词典]
该词起源时间：1842年