Etymology

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Today it means: A female caregiver in Jewish culture. Full definition →

Hebrew מְטַפֶּלֶת
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromטִיפֵּל“to take care of”
  2. Hebrew · borrowed fromמְטַפֶּלֶת“nanny”
  3. English todaymetapelet

Borrowed from Hebrew מְטַפֶּלֶת (m'tapélet, “nanny”), derived from Hebrew טִיפֵּל (tipél, “to take care of”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.