English
kashrut
Kashrut comes from Hebrew כַּשְׁרוּת, and goes back to כשר ‘fit, proper, legitimate’.
- Hebrew1880s–presentכשר‘fit, proper, legitimate’
- Hebrew, derived1880s–presentכַּשְׁרוּתkashrut
- Englishearliest quotation 2000kashrut
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentכשר‘fit, proper, legitimate’
- Hebrew, derived1880s–presentכַּשְׁרוּתkashrut
- Englishearliest quotation 2000kashrut
Earliest quotation: 2000, David Golinkin, Responsa in a Moment: “The Kashrut of Veal Raised on Factory Farms”.
Every English word from Hebrew כשר
Today it means
noun The Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew כשר / kashrut