Etymology

baleboste

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Today it means: mistress of the house Full definition →

Yiddish בעל־הביתטע ← Hebrew בַּעַל הַבַּיִת
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromבַּעַל הַבַּיִת“master of the house”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromבעל־הביתטע
  3. English todaybaleboste

Borrowed from Yiddish בעל־הביתטע (baleboste), feminine form of בעל־הבית (balebos), from Hebrew בַּעַל הַבַּיִת (bá'al habáyit, “master of the house”).

Words from the same roots

Hebrewבַּעַל הַבַּיִת all →

balebos

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