Etymograph

English

Zionist

Zionist comes from Old English Syon ‘Zion’, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEצִיּוֹןṣiyyôn
  2. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΣῑώνSīṓn
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESīōn
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150Syon‘Zion’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Sion
  6. English1500–presentZion
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1978Zionist

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEצִיּוֹןṣiyyôn
  2. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΣῑώνSīṓn
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESīōn
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150Syon‘Zion’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Sion
  6. English1500–presentZion
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1978Zionist

Earliest quotation: 1978, Vanessa Redgrave: “Two, out of millions, who gave their lives and…”

A compound of Zion + -ist

Hebrew ז ‘m.: masculine gender’

English Zion

Every English word from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן

Today it means

noun An advocate of Zionism.

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

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן / Zionist

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