Where does “כזית” come from?

כזית (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew זַּיִת — an olive.

כזית (Hebrew): Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic...

Definitions

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic...

Ancestry of “כזית”, step by step

כזית traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew זַּיִת

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewזַּיִתan olive

via Hebrew כ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכlike, as
Every word from Hebrew זַּיִת