Where does “jérémiade” come from?

jérémiade (French) comes from French Jérémie, from Latin Ieremias, from Hebrew ירמיה, from Hebrew ־יהו, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

jérémiade (French): moaning, whining; jeremiad

Definitions

  1. moaning, whining; jeremiad

Ancestry of “jérémiade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchJérémieJeremiah prophet
2LatinIeremias—
3HebrewירמיהJeremiah; Yahweh exalt
4Hebrew־יהוA theophoric suffix, meaning "the Lord", used in...
5HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
6Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen

Words derived from “jérémiade”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →Every word from Hebrew יהוה →Every word from Hebrew ־יהו →