Etymology

mikveh

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Today it means: A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed. Full definition →

Hebrew מִקְוֶה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromמִקְוֶה“collection [of water]”
  2. English todaymikveh

Borrowed from Hebrew מִקְוֶה (mikvé, “collection [of water]”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.