English
magilla
Magilla comes from Yiddish מגילה ‘a lengthy document, a long story’, and goes back to Hebrew מגילה ‘scroll’.
- Hebrew1880s–presentמגילהm'gilá‘scroll’
- Yiddishmodernsame formmegile‘a lengthy document, a long story’
- Englishearliest quotation 1985magilla
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentמגילהm'gilá‘scroll’
- Yiddishmodernsame formmegile‘a lengthy document, a long story’
- Englishearliest quotation 1985magilla
Earliest quotation: 1985, Jane Auer Bowles, Millicent Dillon: “Because I got into one of my magillas over…”
Every English word from Hebrew מגילה
Today it means
noun Something large or elaborate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew מגילה / magilla