Etymology

Yevanic

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Today it means: The nearly extinct language of the Romaniote Jews of Greece. Full definition →

Hebrew יָוָן
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromיָוָן“Greece”
  2. English todayYevanic

From Hebrew יָוָן (yaván, “Greece”) + -ic.

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