Jew (word) Jew (word) The English term Jew originates in the Biblical Hebrew word "Yehudi", meaning "from the Kingdom of Judah", or "Jew". It passed into Greek as "Ioudaios" and Latin as "Iudaeus", which evolved into the Old French "giu" after the letter "d" was dropped. A variety of related forms are found in early English from about the year 1000, including "Iudea", "Gyu", "Giu", "Iuu", "Iuw", and "Iew", which eventually developed into the modern word. According to the Book of Genesis, Judah (, "Yehudah") was the name of the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob. During the Exodus, the name was
Orange (word) thought that Old French borrowed the Italian "melarancio" ("fruit of the orange tree", with "mela" "fruit") as "pume orenge" (with "pume" "fruit"). Although "pume orenge" is attested earlier than "melarancio" in available written sources, lexicographers believe that the Italian word is actually older. The word ultimately derives from a Dravidian language — possibly Tamil நாரம் "nāram" or Telugu నారింజ "nāriṃja" or Malayalam നാരങ്ങ‌ "nāraŋŋa" — via Sanskrit नारङ्ग "nāraṅgaḥ" "orange tree". From there the word entered Persian "nārang" and then Arabic "nāranj". The initial "n" was lost through rebracketing in Italian and French, though some varieties of Arabic lost the