Where does “Shoah” come from?

Shoah derives from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה, whose original meaning remains uncertain, though the term came to designate catastrophe and destruction in modern usage.

Shoah (English): The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II

Definitions

  1. The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II

Ancestry of “Shoah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשׁוֹאָהholocaust, disaster; catastrophe

Words derived from “Shoah”

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