HEBREW

noun Etymology: Middle English Ebreu, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin Hebraeus, from Latin, adjective, from Greek Hebraios, from Aramaic ‘Ebrai Date: 13th century 1. the Semitic language of the ancient ~s, any of various later forms of this language, a member of or descendant from one of a group of northern Semitic peoples including the Israelites, ~ adjective