English Explanatory Dictionary

Lifshitz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Hebrew.

Word forms

Lifshitz Lifshitzes Lefschetz Libshitz Lifschitz Lipschitz Lipshitz Lipsitz Lipschutz Livshitz Lifszyc Lipszyc

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ליפשיץ, a Jewish Ashkenazi habitational surname from the Polish city of Głubczyce, although several other theories exist.

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