Where does “jeremiad” come from?
Jeremiad comes from French jérémiade, derived from French Jérémie, from Latin Ieremias, from Hebrew ירמיה, ultimately related to Hebrew יה and יהוה.
jeremiad (English): A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments...
Definitions
- A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments...
Ancestry of “jeremiad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | jérémiade | moaning, whining; jeremiad |
| 2 | French | Jérémie | Jeremiah prophet |
| 3 | Latin | Ieremias | — |
| 4 | Hebrew | ירמיה | Jeremiah; Yahweh exalt |
| 5 | Hebrew | ־יהו | A theophoric suffix, meaning "the Lord", used in... |
| 6 | Hebrew | יהוה | YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh |
| 7 | Proto-Semitic | *haway- | to be, to become, to fall, to happen |