English
Likud
Likud comes from Hebrew לִיכּוּד.
- Hebrew1880s–presentלִיכּוּדliterally ‘consolidation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984Likud
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentלִיכּוּדliterally ‘consolidation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984Likud
Earliest quotation: 1984, Conor Cruise O’Brien, What the Israeli debate is about: “The elections did show the expected quite sharp drop…”
The story
Borrowed from Hebrew לִיכּוּד (“Likud”, literally “consolidation”).
Every English word from Hebrew לִיכּוּד
Today it means
name A leading rightist political party in Israel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew לִיכּוּד / Likud