Where does “Mossad” come from?

Mossad comes from Hebrew מוסד, derived from Arabic اَلْمُوسَاد, though the original meaning in Arabic is not definitively documented.

Mossad (English): The national intelligence agency of Israel

Definitions

  1. The national intelligence agency of Israel

Ancestry of “Mossad”, step by step

Mossad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmosto wash something; to brush
2Proto-Uralicmośke-to wash

via Hebrew מוסד

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewמוסדAn institute, institution, association
2Arabicاَلْمُوسَاد—

Words derived from “Mossad”

Every word from Proto-Uralic mośke- →Every word from Hungarian mos →