Etymology of the English word synagogue
the English word
synagoguederived from the Old French word
sinagoguederived from the Late Latin word
synagoga (synagogue; congregation)
derived from the Greek word
sunagoge, συναγωγή (an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish 'synagogue' (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a Christian church)
Date
The earliest known usage of synagogue in English dates from the 12th century.
Cognates
Dutch
synagoog, English
synagog, French
synagogue, German
Synagoge, Italian
sinagoga, Lithuanian
sinagoga, Norwegian
synagoge, Russian
cинaгoгa, Swedish
synagogaUsage
Word found in Modern English
