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Where does “maskilic” come from?

maskilic (English) comes from English maskil, from Hebrew מַשְׂכִּיל.

maskilic (English): Of or related to the maskilim

Definitions

  1. Of or related to the maskilim

Ancestry of “maskilic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaskilA proponent of the Haskalah
2Hebrewמַשְׂכִּיל—
Every word from Hebrew מַשְׂכִּיל →