Edomite

Meaning

1. A Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Edomites in southwestern Jordan in the first millennium BCE, extinct from the 6th century BCE.
2. A person descended from Esau (Edom).

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English Edom Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Edomite From Edom + -ite.

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