The story
- Hebrew · derived fromירמיה“Jeremiah”
- Latin · derived fromIeremias
- French · borrowed fromjérémiade
- English todayjeremiad
From French jérémiade, from Jérémie, from Latin Ieremias, from Hebrew ירמיה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”). Named after biblical prophet Jeremiah, who lamented the moral state of Judah and predicted her downfall.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.