shulgoer

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*seǵʰ-“to overpower; to take hold of”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromσχολή“place for giving lectures, lecture hall, school”
3. Latin · derived fromschola“school”
4. Old High German · derived fromscuola“school”
5. Yiddish · derived fromשול“school; synagogue”
6. English todayshulgoer

From shul (“Ashkenazi synagogue”) + goer. Shul is borrowed from Yiddish שול (shul, “school; synagogue”), from Old High German scuola (“school”), from Latin schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “place for giving lectures, lecture hall, school”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower; to take hold of”). Piecewise doublet of schoolgoer.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 20th c. One who attends shul (“a synagogue”); a practising Jew.