Where does “Levites” come from?

Levites (English) comes from English Levite, from Latin Levita, from Latin levi, from Hebrew לֵוִי.

Levites (English): plural of Levite

Definitions

  1. plural of Levite

Ancestry of “Levites”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLeviteA member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi; A...
2LatinLevitaa Levite; a member of the tribe of Levi
3Latinlevidative masculine singular of levis; dative...
4Hebrewלֵוִי—
Every word from Hebrew לֵוִי →Every word from Latin levi →Every word from Latin Levita →