English
Hebraica
Hebraica may come from Late Latin hebraica.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEhebraicauncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2012Hebraica
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEhebraicauncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2012Hebraica
Earliest quotation: 2012, Debra Rubin, Library of Congress exhibit celebrates Jewish history, artif: “By creating an Hebraica/Judaica collection, the Library of Congress…”
Equivalent to Hebra- + -ica
Every English word from Late Latin hebraica
Today it means
noun Texts or artifacts containing Hebrew writing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin hebraica / Hebraica