Where does “Mossad” come from?
Mossad comes from Hebrew מוסד, derived from Arabic اَلْمُوسَاد, though the original meaning in Arabic is not definitively documented.
Ancestry of “Mossad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | mos | to wash something; to brush |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | mośke- | to wash |
Words derived from “Mossad”