Where does “yeshiva” come from?

yeshiva (French) comes from Yiddish ישיבה, from Hebrew יְשִׁיבָה — meeting.

yeshiva (French): yeshiva

Definitions

  1. yeshiva

Ancestry of “yeshiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishישיבה' Unpointed form of ישיבֿה
2Hebrewיְשִׁיבָהmeeting
Every word from Hebrew יְשִׁיבָה →Every word from Yiddish ישיבה →