Where does “Jaffa” come from?
Jaffa is an English rendering of Arabic يَافَا, which derives from Biblical Hebrew יָפוֹ, a coastal city in the Levant.
Jaffa (English): A Jaffa orange
Ancestry of “Jaffa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | يَافَا | — |
| 2 | Biblical Hebrew | יָפוֹ | — |
Words derived from “Jaffa”