Etymograph

English

alleluiatic

Alleluiatic comes from Latin alleluia ‘hallelujah, praise be to God’, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEהַלְּלוּhalləlū
  2. Biblical Hebrew, derivedc. 1000–200 BCEיָהּyɔh
  3. Biblical Hebrew, derivedc. 1000–200 BCEהַלְּלוּיָהּhalləlūyɔh
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλληλούϊαallēloúïa‘hallelujah’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalleluia‘hallelujah, praise be to God’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEalleluiaticus
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1984alleluiatic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEהַלְּלוּhalləlū
  2. Biblical Hebrew, derivedc. 1000–200 BCEיָהּyɔh
  3. Biblical Hebrew, derivedc. 1000–200 BCEהַלְּלוּיָהּhalləlūyɔh
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλληλούϊαallēloúïa‘hallelujah’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalleluia‘hallelujah, praise be to God’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEalleluiaticus
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1984alleluiatic

Earliest quotation: 1984, Giulio Cattin, Music of the Middle Ages: “Evidence of the alleluiatic psalm is found as early…”

Linked words

through Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ

hallelujah, 1 more

Today it means

adj Pertaining to or consisting of an alleluia.

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

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ / alleluiatic

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