Etymograph

English

Gaza

Gaza comes from Ancient Greek Γάζα, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEעַזָּהʕazzɔ̂
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΓάζαGáza
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEGaza
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEעַזָּהʕazzɔ̂
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΓάζαGáza
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEGaza
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

Earliest quotation: 2019, Annalisa Quinn, The Small Rebellions of Sally Rooney’s Normal People: “One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics…”

The story

The Greek form of the Septuagint reflects the older Hebrew pronunciation with /ɣ~ʁ/, a phoneme that later merged with /ʕ/.

Every English word from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה

Today it means

name A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה / Gaza

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