Etymograph

English

Jerusalem

Jerusalem may come from Old English Hierusalem.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Hierusalemuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008Jerusalem

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Hierusalemuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008Jerusalem

Earliest quotation: 2008, Rory McCarthy: “A Palestinian man rammed a mechanical digger into several…”

Every English word from Old English Hierusalem

Today it means

name A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine.

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

Etymograph / Old English Hierusalem / Jerusalem

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