Etymograph

English

Jewitch

Blend of Jew + witch.

A blend of Jew + witch

Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה ‘male given name, Yehuda’

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Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος ‘Jew or Judean’

Latin iūdaeus ‘Judean (i.e. Jew)’

Old French juiu

Middle English Jew

English Jew

Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to separate (out as holy)’

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Proto-West Germanic *wikkōn ‘to practice sorcery’

Proto-West Germanic *wikkō ‘sorcerer, warlock’

Old English wiċċa ‘witch, wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid,…’

Middle English wicche ‘witch, wizard, sorcerer’

English witch

Today it means

noun A practitioner of Jewish neopaganism.

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

Etymograph / Jewitch