Etymology

am ha'aretz

Today it means: An ignoramus. Full definition →

Hebrew עַם הָאָרֶץ
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The story

  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromעַם הָאָרֶץ“common people; ignorant person”
  2. English todayam ha'aretz

Borrowed from Hebrew עַם הָאָרֶץ (“common people; ignorant person”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.