The story
- Coptic · derived fromⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ“poor”
- Hebrew · derived fromאֶבְיוֹן“needy, poor”
- Hebrew · derived fromאביונים“the Poor Ones”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἘβιωναῖοι
- English todayEbionite
From Ancient Greek Ἐβιωναῖοι (Ebiōnaîoi), from Hebrew אביונים (Ebyonim, “the Poor Ones”), plural of Hebrew אֶבְיוֹן (ʾeḇyōn, “needy, poor”), itself likely a borrowing from Coptic ⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ (ebiēn, “poor”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.