English
refujew
Blend of refugee + Jew.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-
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Latin refugium ‘a place of refuge, place to flee back to’
Old French refuge ‘hiding place’
French réfugier ‘to take refuge, to seek refuge’
French réfugié
English refugee
Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה ‘male given name, Yehuda’
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Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος ‘Jew or Judean’
Latin iūdaeus ‘Judean (i.e. Jew)’
Old French juiu
Middle English Jew
English Jew
Today it means
noun A Jewish refugee.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “refujew”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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