Etymology

milah

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Today it means: The first step in the bris, where the akroposthion is excised (later followed by periah, then posthetomy, then metzitza). Full definition →

Hebrew מילה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromמילה“cut”
  2. English todaymilah

Romanization of Hebrew מילה (“cut”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.