rabfak
noun
rab·fak
variants or rabfac
ˈrabˌfak
plural -s
: a Soviet school giving preliminary university training to workers
Word History
Etymology
Russian rabfak, from rabochiĭ fakul'tet, from rabochiĭ of labor (from rabota labor, work) + fakul'tet faculty, college, from German fakultät, from Medieval Latin facultat-, facultas; akin to Old High German arbeit, arabeit need, work, Gothic arbaiths distress, need, Latin orbus bereft