English
Shoah
Shoah comes from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה ‘catastrophe’.
- Hebrew1880s–presentשׁוֹאָהšōʾā‘catastrophe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Shoah
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Hebrew1880s–presentשׁוֹאָהšōʾā‘catastrophe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Shoah
Earliest quotation: 1999, Neal Stephenson: “I never knew him, or any of my other…”
Every English word from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה
Today it means
name The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew שׁוֹאָה / Shoah