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
Old French only "-i-", likely influenced by "jeûner" "to fast" < Old French "jeüner" < "je jeün" "I fast" < "iē(i)ūnō": "iē-" is an initial rather than intertonic so the vowel "-ē-" does not disappear). Non-finite forms: Auxiliary verb: "avoir" Non-finite forms: Auxiliary verb: "avoir" Non-finite forms: Auxiliary verb: "estre" Non-finite forms: Auxiliary verb: "avoir" Non-finite forms: Auxiliary verb: "avoir" Adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections are generally invariable, one notable exception being the adverb "tot", like Modern French "tout": all, every. Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in Northern France from the 8th century