The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσῠνᾰγωγή“assembly, gathering”
- Latin · derived fromsynagōga
- Old French · derived fromsynagoge
- Middle English · inherited fromsynagoge
- English todaysynagogue
Inherited from Middle English synagoge, from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή (sŭnăgōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to gather together”), from σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “with, together”) & ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “to lead”). By surface analysis, syn- + -agogue.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.