Where does “Jewniversity” come from?
Jewniversity (English) comes from English University, from Middle English universite, from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin universitas, from Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus, from Latin versus — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
Jewniversity (English): A university with disproportionally many Jewish students or staff members
Definitions
- A university with disproportionally many Jewish students or staff members
Ancestry of “Jewniversity”, step by step
Jewniversity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English University
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | University | An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels |
| 2 | Middle English | universite | A university or college; The totality of students... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | université | university |
| 4 | Old French | universitei | university |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | universitas | group of teachers and students; university;... |
| 6 | Latin | ūniversitās | the whole |
| 7 | Latin | ūniversus | whole, entire, taken collectively or altogether |
| 8 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 9 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English Jew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Jew | An adherent of Judaism; A member or descendent of... |
| 2 | Middle English | Jew | Jew; Israelite |
| 3 | Old French | juiu | Alternative form of Giu |
| 4 | Latin | Iūdaeus | Jewish, of or pertaining to the Jewish people |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰουδαῖος | Jew or Judean |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰουδά | Judah |
| 7 | Hebrew | יְהוּדָה | Judas; Judah, Judas |