Jew
/dʒuː/noun
A member of the Jewish people or a person whose religion is Judaism.
Did you know?English Jew ultimately comes from the name of the Kingdom of Judah, passing through Greek and Latin as a term for the Judean people long before modern English existed.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Semitic
Yehûdâh / Yehud
“Judah; the ancient tribal and territorial name associated with the southern Israelite kingdom”
Late Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic
Hebrew
Yehudi
“A Judean; a person from Judah or the Kingdom of Judah”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ioudaios
“A Judean, Jewish person”
Latin
Latin
Iudaeus
“A Jew; a Judean”
Old French
Old French
giu / juif
“Jew”
Middle English
English
jew
“A Jewish person”