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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of cherub" class="word__name--TTbAA">cherub<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>late 14c. as an order of angels, from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">cherub</span>, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">kheroub</span>, from Hebrew <span class="foreign notranslate">kerubh</span> (plural <span class="foreign notranslate">kerubhim</span>) "winged angel," which according to Klein is perhaps related to Akkadian <span class="foreign notranslate">karubu</span> "to bless," <span class="foreign notranslate">karibu</span> "one who blesses," an epithet of the bull-colossus. Old English had <span class="foreign notranslate">cerubin</span>, from the Greek plural. But there are other theories:</p> <blockquote> The cherubim, a common feature of ancient Near Eastern mythology, are not to be confused with the round-cheeked darlings of Renaissance iconography. The root of the terms either means "hybrid" or, by an inversion of consonants, "mount," "steed," and they are winged beasts, probably of awesome aspect, on which the sky god of the old Canaanite myths and of the poetry of Psalms goes riding through the air. [Robert Alter, "The Five Books of Moses," 2004, commentary on Genesis iii.24] </blockquote> <p>The meaning "beautiful child" is from 1705. The plural in this sense is <span class="foreign notranslate">cherubs</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:late%2014c.">late 14c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to cherub">Entries linking to <i>cherub</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cherubic" href="/word/cherubic#etymonline_v_47153">cherubic<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"pertaining to or resembling a cherub," 1620s, from <a href="/word/cherub" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cherub " class="crossreference notranslate">cherub</a> + <a href="/word/-ic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ic " class="crossreference notranslate">-ic</a>. Earlier was <span class="foreign notranslate">cherubical</span> (c. 1600).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of griffin" href="/word/griffin#etymonline_v_11970">griffin<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>c. 1200 (as a surname), from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">grifon</span> "a bird of prey," also "fabulous bird of Greek mythology" (with head and wings of an eagle, body and hind quarters of a lion, believed to inhabit Scythia and guard its gold), named for its hooked beak, from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">gryphus</span>, misspelling of <span class="foreign notranslate">grypus</span>, variant of <span class="foreign notranslate">gryps</span> (genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">grypos</span>) "griffin," from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">gryps</span> (genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">grypos</span>) "a griffin or dragon," literally "curved, hook-nosed" (opposed to <span class="foreign notranslate">simos</span>).</p> <p>Klein suggests a Semitic source, "through the medium of the Hittites," and cites Hebrew <span class="foreign notranslate">kerubh</span> "a winged angel," Akkadian <span class="foreign notranslate">karibu</span>, epithet of the bull-colossus (see <a href="/word/cherub" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cherub " class="crossreference notranslate">cherub</a>). The same or an identical word was used in mid-19c. Louisiana to mean "mulatto" (especially one one-quarter or two-fifths white) and in British India from 1793 to mean "newly arrived European," probably via notion of "strange hybrid animal."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of seraph" href="/word/seraph#etymonline_v_23253">seraph<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>in reference to the winged, human-like celestial creatures that hovered above God's throne in Isaiah's dream, 1667, a word first used by Milton (probably on analogy of <span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/cherub" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cherub " class="crossreference notranslate">cherub</a></span><span class="foreign notranslate">/cherubim</span>), a back-formed singular from <span class="foreign notranslate">Seraphim</span> (attested from Old English). An earlier singular in English was <span class="foreign notranslate">seraphin</span> (1570s).</p> <p>This is from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">seraphim</span>, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">seraphim</span>, from Hebrew <span class="foreign notranslate">seraphim</span> (only in Isaiah vi), plural of <span class="foreign notranslate">*saraph</span> (which does not occur in the Bible), probably literally "the burning one," from <span class="foreign notranslate">saraph</span> "it burned."</p> <p>Seraphs were traditionally regarded as burning or flaming angels, though the word seems to have some etymological sense of "flying," perhaps from confusion with the root of Arabic <span class="foreign notranslate">sharafa</span> "be lofty." Some scholars identify it with a word found in other passages interpreted as "fiery flying serpent." The Late Latin word also was taken by early Christians as the name of a class of angels.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of cherub">Trends of <i>cherub</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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As a term of endearment for one's lover it is attested perhaps as early as 1839, certainly by 1901 (</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of infant" href="/word/infant"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">infant<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., infant, infaunt, "a child," also especially "child during earliest period of life, a newborn" (sometimes meaning a fetus), from Latin infantem (nominative infans) "young child, babe in arms," noun use of adjective meaning "not able to speak," from in- "not, opposite of</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of glean" href="/word/glean"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">glean<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">early 14c., "to gather by acquisition, scrape together," especially grains left in the field after harvesting, but the earliest use in English is figurative, from Old French glener "to glean" (14c., Modern French glaner) "to glean," from Late Latin glennare "make a collection," o</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of angel" href="/word/angel"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">angel<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"one of a class of spiritual beings, attendants and messengers of God," a c. 1300 fusion of Old English engel (with hard -g-) and Old French angele. 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Compare Old English angul, Old Norse öngull, Old High Germa</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of babe" href="/word/babe"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">babe<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "infant, young child of either sex," short for baban (early 13c.), which probably is imitative of baby talk (see babble (v.)). 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