Cyrl

Translingual

Etymology

From English Cyrillic, from the name Cyril + -ic, from Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος (Kū́rillos). Named after Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet.

Some letters were trimmed from "Cyrillic", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.

Proper noun

Cyrl

1. ISO 15924 for Cyrillic script.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cyrl.