English
Hasmonean
Hasmonean comes from Latin Asmonaeus, and goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀσαμωναῖος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἈσαμωναῖοςAsamōnaîos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAsmonaeus
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Hasmonean
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἈσαμωναῖοςAsamōnaîos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAsmonaeus
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Hasmonean
Earliest quotation: 1987, Joshua Efrón, Studies on the Hasmonean Period: “The complaint presents the Hasmonean government as though from…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἀσαμωναῖος
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἀσαμωναῖος / Hasmonean