Cushite
/ˈkʊʃ.aɪt/noun
A person from Cush, an ancient region usually identified with Nubia or Ethiopia in biblical and historical sources.
Did you know?In the Bible, Cush is a son of Ham, and the related ethnonym passed through Greek and Latin into English as a learned term for people from that ancient region.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Hebrew
Heb
כּוּשׁ (Kūš)
“Cush, an ancient land and people group associated with the upper Nile region”
Septuagint / Ancient Greek
Gk
Αἰθίοψ / Αἰθιοπία
“Ethiopian / Ethiopia, used for peoples and lands south of Egypt”
Latin
Lat
Cushita / Chusita
“A Cushite, a person from Cush”
Middle English
ME
Cushite
“A Cushite; an inhabitant of Cush, used in biblical and historical writing”
Modern English
Eng
Cushite
“A person from Cush, especially in biblical or historical contexts”