Etymology

Lifshitz

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Today it means: A surname from Hebrew. Full definition →

Hebrew ליפשיץ
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromליפשיץ
  2. English todayLifshitz

Borrowed from Hebrew ליפשיץ, a Jewish Ashkenazi habitational surname from the Polish city of Głubczyce, although several other theories exist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.