English
Hebrew
Hebrew comes from Old French Ebreu.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Ebreu
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1924Hebrew
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Ebreu
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1924Hebrew
Earliest quotation: 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, VII. Orestea. II: The Libation-Bearers: “‘Kinsman’ and ‘avenger’ meet in the same word in…”
Every English word from Old French Ebreu
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French Ebreu / Hebrew