The story
- uga · derived from𐎊𐎗𐎃
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromיְרִיחוֹ
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἸερῑχώ
- Latin · derived fromIerīchō
- Old English · inherited fromIericho
- Middle English · inherited fromIericho
- English todayJericho
From Middle English Iericho, from Old English Iericho, from Latin Ierīchō, from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (yərīḥō), recorded early as Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎃 (yrḫ). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.