Jude

Morpheme

Jude

Type

bound base

Denotation

Jew, descendant of the ancient Hebrew people or Israelites

Etymology

(1) Latin Iūdaea; Ancient Greek Ioudaía; Hebrew yəhūḏāh, from Yehûdâ; (2) Ladino djudío; Old Spanish judío; Latin iūdaeus; Ancient Greek Ioudaîos, from Ioudá, from Ioúdās; Biblical Hebrew Yehûdâ, Yəhūḏā́

Evidence

Judea, Judean, Judezmo

Notes

Judezmo and Judaism are doublets