Etymology

Judaica

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Today it means: Artifacts, or less commonly, matters pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion, particularly ritual objects. Full definition →

Latin iūdaica ← Hebrew יְהוּדָה
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromיְהוּדָה“Judah”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromiūdaica
  3. English todayJudaica

Borrowed from Latin iūdaica, neuter plural of iūdaicus (“Jewish”), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yehuda, “Judah”). By surface analysis, Juda + -ica. Doublet of giudecca and Judecca.

Words from the same roots

Latiniūdaica all →

giudeccaJudecca

Hebrewיְהוּדָה all →

JudejudasJudeaYehudaJudaicgiudeccaJudecca

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.