English
k'tiv
K'tiv comes from Hebrew כְּתִיב ‘spelling’, and goes back to Aramaic כתיב ‘written’.
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכתיבkṯiḇ‘written’
- Hebrew1880s–presentכְּתִיב‘spelling’
- Englishearliest quotation 2001k'tiv
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכתיבkṯiḇ‘written’
- Hebrew1880s–presentכְּתִיב‘spelling’
- Englishearliest quotation 2001k'tiv
Earliest quotation: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow: “Furthermore, as the reader may know, the Hebrew text's…”
Every English word from Aramaic כתיב
Today it means
noun The written form of a word in a Hebrew text, when the form that is traditionally read aloud (k'rei) differs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Aramaic כתיב / k'tiv