English
kibbutznik
Kibbutznik comes from Hebrew קִיבּוּצְנִיק ‘kibbutznik, member of a kibbutz’, and goes back to קִיבּוּץ.
- Hebrew1880s–presentקִיבּוּץ‘kibbutz’
- Hebrew, derived1880s–presentקִיבּוּצְנִיקkibútsnik‘kibbutznik, member of a kibbutz’
- Englishearliest quotation 1969kibbutznik
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentקִיבּוּץ‘kibbutz’
- Hebrew, derived1880s–presentקִיבּוּצְנִיקkibútsnik‘kibbutznik, member of a kibbutz’
- Englishearliest quotation 1969kibbutznik
Earliest quotation: 1969, Michael Frayn, Little Israel: “They have found it necessary to employ outside labour—a…”
Equivalent to kibbutz + -nik
Hebrew קָבַץ ‘to gather, collect, assemble’
Hebrew קִבּוּץ ‘the meaning of this term is uncertain.…’
English kibbutz
Every English word from Hebrew קִיבּוּץ
Today it means
noun A member of a kibbutz.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew קִיבּוּץ / kibbutznik