English
eruv
Eruv comes from Hebrew עירוב.
- Hebrew1880s–presentעירוב
- Englishearliest quotation 2007eruv
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentעירוב
- Englishearliest quotation 2007eruv
Earliest quotation: 2007, Jake Mooney, A Slender Thread to Knit a Neighborhood: “That, she said, is the kind of problem that…”
Every English word from Hebrew עירוב
Today it means
noun An eruv chatzerot; ritual aggregation of properties that allows Jews observing traditional Shabbat rules to carry burdens across property lines.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew עירוב / eruv