Where does “Sepharad” come from?

Sepharad (English) comes from Hebrew סְפָרַד.

Sepharad (English): The Iberian Peninsula, especially in reference to the local Jews before their forced expulsion from 1492 onwards

Definitions

  1. The Iberian Peninsula, especially in reference to the local Jews before their forced expulsion from 1492 onwards

Ancestry of “Sepharad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewסְפָרַד—
Every word from Hebrew סְפָרַד →