Etymograph

English

Jew

Jew comes from Latin iūdaeus ‘Judean (i.e. Jew)’, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה ‘male given name, Yehuda’.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEיְהוּדָהy'hudá‘male given name, Yehuda’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸουδά
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸουδαῖοςIoudaîos‘Jew or Judean’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūdaeus‘Judean (i.e. Jew)’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400juiu
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Jew
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1598same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEיְהוּדָהy'hudá‘male given name, Yehuda’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸουδά
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸουδαῖοςIoudaîos‘Jew or Judean’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūdaeus‘Judean (i.e. Jew)’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400juiu
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Jew
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1598same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice: “Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew…”

The story

Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”).

Every English word from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה

Today it means

noun An adherent of Judaism.

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

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה / Jew

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