Etymograph

English

Samuel

Samuel comes from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEשְׁמוּאֵלšəmûʾēlliterally ‘'God has set' or 'God has placed'’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣαμουήλSamouḗl
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESamuēl
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1611Samuel

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEשְׁמוּאֵלšəmûʾēlliterally ‘'God has set' or 'God has placed'’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣαμουήλSamouḗl
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESamuēl
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1611Samuel

Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was…”

The story

Taken to mean a contraction of popular folk etymology שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל (‘I have asked/borrowed him from God’) (Modern: Šəʾīltīv mēʾĒl, Tiberian: Šĭʾīltīw mēʾĒl) by way of שָׁאוּל מֵאֵל (‘asked/borrowed from God’) from 1 Samuel 1:20.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.

Every English word from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל

Today it means

name A male given name from Hebrew.

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

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל / Samuel

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