English
Samaritan
Samaritan comes from Ancient Greek Σαμαρείτης, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹנִים.
- Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEשֹׁמְרוֹנִיםŠōmərôním
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣαμαρείτηςSamareítēs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESamarītānus
- Englishearliest quotation 2009Samaritan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEשֹׁמְרוֹנִיםŠōmərôním
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣαμαρείτηςSamareítēs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESamarītānus
- Englishearliest quotation 2009Samaritan
Earliest quotation: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: “Many of these despised people built a rival temple…”
The story
Attested in Old English.
Every English word from Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹנִים
Today it means
noun A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹנִים / Samaritan