List of English words of Hebrew origin
Template:Short description Template:Wiktionarycat This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw (Template:Script) is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.
There is a separate list of English words of Semitic origin other than those solely of Hebrew or Arabic origin.
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From Hebrew wordsEdit
- abacus
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:'avaq 'dust' (AHD), probably from Greek ἄβαξ abax 'slab' (MW)
- agora (currency)
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} agorah 'small coin' (MW), from Greek agora "an assembly of the People" from ageirein "to assemble
- aliyah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:'aliyah 'ascent' (MW)
- almemar
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:'almemar 'bema', from Arabic المنبر al-minbar 'pulpit' (AHD)
- amen
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:'amen (MW) 'certainly', 'verily' (AHD)
- armageddon
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} har megido 'mount megido' (AHD)
- baal
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ba'al 'lord' (AHD, MW)
- babel
- from (AHD, MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} balal 'confound' (SC) + in part from Akkadian 𒇷𒄿 𒀊𒁀 bāb-ilu 'gate of god' (MW)
- bar mitzvah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} bar miṣwah 'son of the commandment' (MW)
- bath (volume)
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} bath (MW) '10 gallons liquid measure' (AHD) from Greek βαθύς (bathus), "deep",<ref>βαθύς, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus</ref>
- bat mitzvah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} bath miṣwah 'daughter of the commandment' (MW)
- behemoth
- from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} behemoth 'beasts' (AHD)
- bethel
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} beth'el 'house of God' (MW)
- bethesda (chapel)
- (OSPD) from (AHD) Greek Bethesda 'Bethesda' (WNW), probably from bayith chesed 'house of kindness' (SC)
- bris
- from (WNW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} b'rith 'covenant' (MW)
- brith milah
- from (WNW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} b'rith milah 'covenant of circumcision' (MW)
- brouhaha
- perhaps from barukh hab-ba 'blessed be he who comes' (WNW)
- cab (volume)
- from (MW) qab 'hollow vessel' (AHD)
- cabal
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} qabbalah 'received (lore)' (MW)
- challah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ḥallah 'egg-rich yeast-leavened bread' (MW)
- chazan, hazan
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ḥazzan 'cantor' (MW) + in part from Aramaic, both from Akkadian (AHD)
- cherub
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} kerubh 'celestial hierarchy angel' (MW)
- chutzpah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ḥuṣpah 'supreme self-confidence' (MW)
- cider
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} shekhar 'strong drink' (MW)
- copacetic
- disputed (MW) + perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} kol beṣedeq 'all with justice' (AHD), or {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} kol beseder ‘all is in order’ (MW)
- cor (volume), kor (volume)
- from kor (AHD, WNW) '100 gallons capacity' (MW)
- corban
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} qorban 'offering' (MW)
- dybbuk
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} dibbuq 'wandering soul' (AHD, MW)
- edenic
- from (WNW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:'eden 'delight' (AHD)
- ephah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ephah '1/10 homer dry measure', from Egyptian (MW)
- galilee
- from Latin galilaea (AHD, MW), from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} galiyl 'circle', 'circuit' (SC)
- ganef
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} gannabh 'thief' (MW)
- gerah
- from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} gerah 'grain', 'bean' (AHD)
- get (divorce document)
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} get 'document of release' (MW)
- golem
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} golem (AHD) 'shapeless mass' (MW)
- goy
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} goy 'nation' (AHD, MW)
- gun moll
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} gannabh 'thief' (MW) + from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
- habdalah
- from (AHD) habhdalah 'separation' (MW)
- haftarah, haphtarah
- from (MW, WNW) patar 'separate', 'discharge' (AHD)
- haggadah
- from (AHD, MW) heged 'a saying' (WNW)
- halacha
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} halakhah 'way' (MW)
- hallelujah, alleluia
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} halleluyah 'praise the [[Yahweh|Template:LORD]]' (AHD, MW)
- halutz
- from hlṣ 'be in the vanguard' (WNW)
- hebraize
- from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:'ibhri (AHD) 'region across [descendant]' (SC)
- heder
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} heder 'room' (MW)
- homer (volume)
- from (AHD, MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} hamar 'surge up', 'swell up' (WNW), Greek ὅμηρος (hómēros), "hostage"
- hosanna
- from (AHD) hoshi'ah-nna 'save please' (MW)
- jubilee
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} yobhel 'ram's horn' (MW)
- judas
- from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} yehuda (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC)
- kabbalah, cabala
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} qabbalah 'received (lore)' (MW)
- kaddish
- from (AHD, MW) qds 'sanctify' (WNW)
- kashrut
- from (AHD, MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ksr 'be appropriate' (WNW)
- kibbutz
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} qibbuṣ (MW) 'gathering' (AHD)
- kibosh
- disputed (AHD, MW) + perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} kabash 'tread down', 'disregard'Template:Citation needed
- kiddush
- from (AHD) qiddush 'sanctification' (MW)
- klezmer
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} k'ley zemer 'musical instruments' (MW)
- knesset
- (OSPD) from kanas 'assemble' (AHD, WNW)
- kosher
- from (AHD, MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ksr 'be appropriate' (WNW)
- chayyim
- (OSPD) from ḥaim 'to life' (WNW)
- leviathan
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} liwyathan 'sea monster, whale' (MW)
- macabre
- from French (danse) macabre (AHD, MW), probably from Latin (Chorea) Machabaeorum, from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} maqqebet 'hammer' (WNW), from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} naqab 'perforate' (SC)
- maftir
- (OSPD) from maphtir 'one that dismisses' (NI)
- mahzor
- from (AHD) ḥzr 'return' (WNW)
- manna
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} man (AHD, MW) (SC)
- matzo
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} maṣah 'unleavened bread' (MW)
- maven
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} mebhin 'one who is experienced' (MW), 'one who understands' (OED)
- mazeltov
- from (WNW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} mazzal tob 'good luck' (AHD)
- mazuma
- from (WNW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} mezumman 'fixed' (AHD)
- megillah
- from (MW, WNW) galal 'roll' (AHD)
- menorah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} menorah 'candlestick' (MW)
- meshuga
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} meshugga 'crazy' (MW).
- messiah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} mashiaḥ 'anointed' (MW) + in part from Aramaic (AHD) meshiha 'anointed' (MW)
- mezuzah
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} mezuzah 'doorpost' (AHD, MW)
- midrash
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} midrash 'exposition', 'explanation' (MW)
- mikvah
- from miqwah 'purification bath' (AHD)
- minyan
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} minyan 'number', 'count' (MW), from Aramaic (AHD)
- mitzvah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} miṣwah 'commandment' (MW)
- mohel
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} mohel 'person qualified to perform circumcision' (WNW)
- momser
- from momser 'bastard' (WNW)
- mishpachah
- from mishpahah 'family', 'clan' (NI)
- moshav
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} moshabh 'dwelling' (MW)
- nabla
- probably from nebhel 'harp' (NI)
- nachas
- pleasure, satisfaction, delight; proud enjoyment (usage: I have nachas from you) (from Hebrew נחת pronounced 'nachat') (WNW)
- nebel
- from nebhel 'harp' (NI)
- omer
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:'omer (AHD) '1/10 ephah dry capacity' (MW)
- parashah
- from parashah 'explanation' (MW, WNW)
- pascal
- from 'Pascal' (AHD, MW), from<ref>pascal. French-English translation in CollinsDictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved November 10, 2012.</ref> {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} pesah 'passover' (AHD, MW, OED)
- paschal
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} pasah al 'passed over' (AHD, MW, OED)
- pharaoh
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} par'oh 'ruler of ancient Egypt', from Egyptian (MW) <hiero>O1:O29</hiero> pr-'o 'great house' (AHD)
- pharisee
- from Aramaic (AHD) perisha 'separated', from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} parash 'separate' (SC), 'cleave' (WNW)
- rabbi
- from (AHD, WNW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} rabh 'master' (MW)
- rebbe
- from (AHD, WNW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} rabh 'master' (MW)
- rebbetzin
- from (WNW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} rabh 'master' (MW)
- sabbatical
- from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} shabbat 'day of rest' (AHD)
- sabra
- from (AHD) ṣabar 'prickly pear' (MW)
- satanic
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} satan 'adversary' (MW), 'devil' (AHD)
- schmooze
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} shemu'oth 'news', 'rumor' (MW)
- schwa
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} schewaTemplate:' 'unstressed mid-central vowel' (MW), probably from Syriac ܥܗܘܐܝܝܐ sewayya 'equal' (AHD)
- seder
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} seder 'order' (MW)
- selah
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} selah (MW) 'suspension', 'pause' (SC)
- seraph
- from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} saraph 'celestial being' (AHD)
- shadchan
- (OSPD) from shiddekh 'arrange a marriage' (NI)
- shadrach
- (OSPD) from (AHD) shadrach 'captive' (WNW)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- shalom
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} shalom 'peace' (MW)
- shalom aleichem
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} shalom 'alekhem 'peace unto you' (MW)
- shammes
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} shammash 'sexton' (MW)
- shamus
- perhaps from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} shammash 'sexton' (MW)
- shegetz
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} sheqes 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW)
- shekel
- from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} saqal 'weigh', from Canaanite tql (AHD)
- sheol
- (OSPD) from se'ol 'underworld' (AHD), perhaps from shaal 'dig' (WNW)
- shibboleth
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} shibboleth 'stream' (MW), 'ear of grain' (OED)
- shiksa
- from (AHD, WNW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} sheqes 'blemish', 'abomination' (MW)
- shivah
- from (AHD) shibh'ah 'seven' (MW)
- shofar
- from shophar (MW) 'ram's horn' (AHD)
- siddur
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} siddur 'arrangement' (AHD), 'order' (MW)
- sukkah
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} sukkah 'booth', 'shelter' (MW)
- sycamine
- from (AHD, MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} shiqmah 'mulberry tree' (OED)
- tallith
- from (MW) tillel 'cover' (AHD)
- talmudism
- from (MW) lamad 'learn' (AHD)
- teraph
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} teraphim 'household god' (MW)
- torah
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} tora 'law', 'instruction' (AHD)
- tref
- from taraph 'tear' (AHD)
- tsuris
- from (AHD) ṣarah 'calamity' (WNW)
- tush, toches
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} tahath 'under', 'beneath' (MW)
- tzitzit, zizith
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ṣiṣith 'fringes', 'tassels' (MW)
- ulpan
- from aleph 'ox', 'leader' (WNW)
- yeshiva
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} yeshibhah 'talmudic school' (MW)
- yid
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} yehudah (AHD) 'celebrated' (SC)
- zaddik
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ṣaddiq 'just', 'righteous' (MW)
From Hebrew namesEdit
- abelia
- from 'Abel' (AHD, MW), from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Hebhel 'Abel'<ref name=abel>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> (='emptiness') (SC)
- abelian
- from 'Abel' (AHD, MW), from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Hebhel 'Abel'<ref name=abel/> (='emptiness') (SC)
- abigail
- from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (SC) Avigail 'Abigail' (='father of exaltation') (HH)
- adam-and-eve
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Adam 'Adam' (MW) (='earth') (HH) + from חוה Hawwah 'Eve' (MW) (='living') (HH)
- ammonite
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Ammon, Biblical tribe
- bedlam
- from (AHD, MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Beth Leḥem 'Bethlehem' (='house of bread')
- bejesus
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yeshu'a 'Jesus' (MW) (='Jehovah-saved') (SC)
- benday
- from (AHD) Binyamin 'Benjamin' (MW) (='son of [the] right hand') (SC) + from Old English (AHD, MW)
- cassia
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} qəṣi`â
- davit
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Dawid 'David' (MW) (='loving') (SC)
- hamantasch
- from Haman, a biblical villain (MW) + tash, multiple etimologies; from Yiddish (MW)
- hansom
- from 'Hansom' (MW), from 'Hans',<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> from Yohanan 'John' (='the [[Yahweh|Template:LORD]] is gracious') (HH)
- jack
- 1 from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)
2 perhaps from יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD) - jacket
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
- jacobean
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
- jacquard
- from 'Jacquard' (AHD, MW), from<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> יַעֲקֹב Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
- jacquerie
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
- jakes
- perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW) (='he has protected') (AHD)
- jeez
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yeshu'a 'Jesus' (MW) (='Jehovah-saved') (SC)
- jehu
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yehu 'Jehu' (MW) (='Jehovah [is] He') (SC)
- jeremiad
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yirmeyah 'Jeremiah' (MW) (='the Template:LORD will rise') (SC)
- jeroboam
- from (AHD, MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yarobh'am 'Jeroboam' (='people will contend') (SC)
- jesuit
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yeshu'a 'Jesus' (AHD) ('Jehovah-saved') (SC)
- jezebel
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Izebhel 'Jezebel' (MW) (='chaste') (SC)
- jimmy
- from (MW) 'James' (AHD), from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Ya'aqobh 'Jacob' (MW, OED) (='he has protected') (AHD)
- jockey
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)
- joe
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yoseph 'Joseph' (MW) (='he shall add') (HH)
- john (washroom)
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)
- johnny (gown)
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)
- jorum
- perhaps from (AHD, MW) Yehoram 'Joram' (='Jehovah-raised') (SC)
- joseph
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yoseph 'Joseph' (MW) (='he shall add') (HH)
- lazar
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} El'azar 'Lazarus' (MW) (='God is my help') (HH)
- lazaretto
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} El'azar 'Lazarus' (MW) (='God is my help') (HH) + from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} natzerath 'Nazareth' (WNW)
- macadam
- from 'McAdam' (MW), in part from Adham 'Adam' (='earth') (HH)
- macadamia
- from 'Macadam' (MW), in part from Adham 'Adam' (='earth') (HH)
- marionette
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
- marry (interjection)
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
- mick
- from Mikha'el 'Michael' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC)
- mickey (drink)
- perhaps from (AHD) Mikha'el 'Michael' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC)
- miquelet
- probably from Catalan Miquel (NI), from<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Mikha'el 'Michael' (MW) (='who [is] like God?') (SC)
- moll
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Miryam (AHD) 'Miriam' (MW, OED) (='rebelliously') (SC) + perhaps from Egyptian (HH)
- nance
- from 'Nancy' (MW, AHD), probably in part from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Ḥannah 'Anna' (OED) (='favored') (HH, SC)
- nimrod
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Nimrodh 'Nimrod' (='hunter') (MW)
- philistine
- 1 from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Pelistim 'Philistines' 'Aegean people who settled Philistia' (AHD)
2 from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Pelesheth 'Philistia' (='rolling', 'migratory') (SC) - rube
- (AHD) from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Re'ubhen 'Reuben' (MW) (='see ye a son') (SC)
- samaritan
- from (AHD, MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Shomron 'Samaria' (='watch-station') (SC)
- semitist
- from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Shem 'Shem' (MW) (='name') (SC)
- simony
- from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Shim'on 'Simon' (MW) (='hearing') (HH, SC)
- sodom
- from (MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} s'dom 'Sodom' (AHD, OED) (='burnt') (SC)
- toby
- from (AHD, MW) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Toviah 'Tobias' (='goodness of Jehovah') (SC)
- yankee
- probably from (AHD) {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Yohanan 'John' (MW) (='the Template:LORD is gracious') (HH)
Letter namesEdit
aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yod, kaph, lamed, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, shin, taw (AHD, MW, WNW)
- alpha
- from Greek Άλφα alpha, perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} aleph 'ox', 'leader' (WNW) + from Canaanite 𐤀𐤋𐤐 'alp 'ox' (AHD)
- beta
- from Greek Βήτα beta, from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} bet 'house', probably from Phoenician (WNW) + from Canaanite 𐤁𐤉𐤕 bet 'house' (AHD)
- gamma
- from Greek Γάμμα gamma, perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} gimel 'ruminant beast' (WNW) + from Phoenician 𐤋𐤌𐤀𐤂 (AHD)
- delta
- from Greek Δέλτα delta (AHD), perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} deleth 'door' (WNW) + of Semitic origin, akin to Phoenician 𐤃𐤀𐤋𐤕 dalt 'door' (AHD)
- eta
- from Greek eta, perhaps from chet (WNW) 'terror' (SC) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤇𐤕 (AHD)
- iota
- from Greek Ιώτα iota, perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} yodh 'hand' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤉𐤏𐤕 (AHD)
- kappa
- from Greek Κάππα kappa, perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} kaph (WNW) 'palm of the hand' (MW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤊𐤀𐤅 (AHD)
- lambda
- from Greek Λάμβδα lambda, perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} lamedh 'whip', 'club' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤃 (AHD)
- nu
- from Greek Νυ nu, perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} nun 'fish' (WNW) + of Semitic origin (AHD)
- pi
- from Greek Πι pi, perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} pe 'mouth' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤐𐤄 (AHD)
- rho
- from Greek Ρω rho, perhaps from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} rosh 'head' (WNW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤓𐤏𐤔 (AHD)
- tau
- from Greek Ταυ tau, perhaps from taw (WNW) 'mark', 'cross' (MW) + from (MW) Phoenician 𐤕𐤀𐤅 (AHD)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- AHD: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: 3rd or 4th edition
- HH: A Dictionary of First Names, Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges
- MW: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: 10th or 11th edition
- NI: Webster's New International Dictionary: 2nd or 3rd edition
- OED: Oxford English Dictionary: online edition
- SC: Strong's Concordance
- WNW: Webster's New World Dictionary: 3rd edition
- =: a name from a word or phrase with the meaning given