Etymology

zionist

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Today it means: An advocate of Zionism. Full definition →

First used 1890sEnglish Zion ← Early New High German Zioninflu. ← Middle English Sion
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The story

  1. Biblical Hebrewצִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)
  2. Koine GreekΣῑών (Sīṓn)
  3. LatinSīōn
  4. Old EnglishSyon
  5. Middle EnglishSion
  6. Early New High GermanZioninflu.
  7. EnglishZion
  8. English todayZionist

From Zion + -ist.

First known use, by meaning

  • 1890s An advocate of Zionism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.