Etymology of the English word judas
the English word
judasderived from the Late Latin word
Iudasderived from the Greek word
Ioudas, Ἰούδας (Judas (Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region)
derived from the Hebrew word
yəhûdâDate
The earliest known usage of judas in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
