Etymology

Jerusalem

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Today it means: A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine. Full definition →

Old English Hierusalem ← Old French Jherusalem ← Late Latin Ierusalem
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  1. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromיְרוּשָׁלַיִם
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἸερουσαλήμ
  3. Late Latin · derived fromIerusalem
  4. Old French · derived fromJherusalem
  5. Old English · inherited fromHierusalem
  6. English todayJerusalem

From Old English Hierusalem or Old French Jherusalem or Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.