Where does “cohen” come from?

cohen (English) comes from Hebrew כהן, from Hebrew כוהן — A Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal...

cohen (English): A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the...

Definitions

  1. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the...

Ancestry of “cohen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכהןdefective spelling of כוהן; defective spelling of...
2HebrewכוהןA Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal...

Words derived from “cohen”

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