Etymology

misnaged

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Today it means: An opponent of Hasidism. Full definition →

Yiddish מתנגד ← Hebrew מִתְנַגֵּד
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromמִתְנַגֵּד“opponent”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromמתנגד
  3. English todaymisnaged

Borrowed from Yiddish מתנגד (misnaged), from Hebrew מִתְנַגֵּד (mitnagéd, “opponent”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.