rabbi

'My master' — a respectful form of address to a teacher in Jesus' day that became the title of Jewish scholars of the Law; Medieval Latin rabbinus spread it as rabbin, rabino and ravvin across Europe, and Yiddish rebe came back to English as rebbe.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Mishnaic Hebrew to Yiddish, English

From Late Latin to Medieval Latin, French

From Medieval Latin to Italian

From Medieval Latin to Spanish

From Medieval Latin to Portuguese

From Medieval Latin to Polish

From Medieval Latin to German

From Medieval Latin to Russian

3750 BCEProto-Semitic

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

ScriptureJewish life