Where does “Jewry” come from?
Jewry derives from Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie, formed with the suffix -erie (from Latin -arius and Proto-Indo-European -yós) denoting a place or collective group.
Jewry (English): The Jewish population of the world collectively;...
Definitions
- The Jewish population of the world collectively;...
Ancestry of “Jewry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Jewery | Jewry; Judaism; Judea |
| 2 | Old French | juerie | Jewdom; Jewry |
| 3 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |