Etymology

afikomen

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Today it means: The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner. Full definition →

Yiddish אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen) ← Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן (afikomán) ← Ancient Greek ἐπῐ́ κῶμος (epĭ́ kômos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Hellenic*epí
  5. Ancient Greekἐπῐ́ (epĭ́)
  6. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  7. Ancient Greekἐπῐ́ κῶμος (epĭ́ kômos)
  8. Hebrewאֲפִיקוֹמָן (afikomán)
  9. Yiddishאַפֿיקומן (afikoymen)
  10. English todayafikomen

Borrowed from Yiddish אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen), from Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן ('afikomán).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.