The story
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromשֹׁמְרוֹנִים
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΣαμαρείτης
- Latin · derived fromSamarītānus
- English todaySamaritan
From Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρείτης (Samareítēs), from Σαμαρεία (Samareía, “Samaria”), derived from Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹנִים (Šōmərôním) and שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn) respectively. Attested in Old English.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.