English
talmid
Talmid comes from Hebrew תַּלְמִיד ‘A (male) student, pupil, disciple’, and goes back to Akkadian talmīdu.
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEtalmīdutransliteratedcuneiform talmīdu, a transliteration‘apprentice, student’
- Hebrew1880s–presentתַּלְמִיד‘A (male) student, pupil, disciple’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998talmid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEtalmīdutransliteratedcuneiform talmīdu, a transliteration‘apprentice, student’
- Hebrew1880s–presentתַּלְמִיד‘A (male) student, pupil, disciple’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998talmid
Earliest quotation: 1998, Moshe Shulman, The Only True Chasidus?: “'Chassidus' means the whole body of teachings of the…”
Every English word from Akkadian talmīdu
Today it means
noun A disciple, student
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Akkadian talmīdu / talmid