English
mashgiach
Mashgiach comes from Hebrew מַשְׁגִּיחַ.
- Hebrew1880s–presentמַשְׁגִּיחַ
- Englishearliest quotation 2013mashgiach
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentמַשְׁגִּיחַ
- Englishearliest quotation 2013mashgiach
Earliest quotation: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge: “Kashruth fraud in Brooklyn. Seems a goon squad of…”
Every English word from Hebrew מַשְׁגִּיחַ
Today it means
noun Somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew מַשְׁגִּיחַ / mashgiach