English
Jewspeak
From Jew + -speak.
Formed from Jew + -speak
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
Today it means
name The language used by Jews, usually Hebrew and Yiddish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Jewspeak