jacobin

jacobin · noun¹

1. French · borrowed fromsoupe à la Jacobine
2. French · borrowed fromjacobine
3. English todayjacobin

From Jacobin, q.v. In reference to birds, via French jacobine, from a supposed resemblance to the Dominicans' formerly standard hood or coloring. In reference to soup, via French soupe à la Jacobine.

Jacobin · noun, adjective²

1. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromיַעֲקֹב
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἸάκωβος
3. Latin · derived fromJācōbus“James, Jacob, etc.”
4. Latin · derived fromJācōbīnus
5. Old French · derived fromjacobin
6. Middle English · inherited fromJacobin
7. English todayJacobin

From Middle English Jacobin, from Old French jacobin, from Latin Jācōbīnus, from Latin Jācōbus (“James, Jacob, etc.”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Ya'akóv), q.v. In reference to the Dominican Order, from the proximity of their 1218 chapel and chapter house in Paris to the city's Porte Saint-Jacques, whose road formed an extension of the Way of St. James running to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In reference to the Jacobin Club, from its 1789 founding at the former Dominican convent. In reference to the Syrian church, from Jacob bar Addai, bishop of Edessa during the mid-6th century.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• c. 1800 A leftist radical in other contexts.