Etymology

bris

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Today it means: Ritual male circumcision; the ceremony in which this is performed. Full definition →

Yiddish ברית ← Hebrew בְּרִית
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromבְּרִית“covenant”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromברית
  3. English todaybris

Borrowed from Yiddish ברית (bris), from Hebrew בְּרִית (bərîṯ, “covenant”).

Words from the same roots

Hebrewבְּרִית all →

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