Meaning

noun a way of doing or being

noun United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)

noun United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)

originFrom Middle English wys, wyse, from Old English wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“knowledgeable, wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing; knowledge”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wiis (“wise”), Dutch wijs (“wise”), German weis, weise (“wise”), Low German wies (“wise; clever”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vis (“wise”),…

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