Mendelssohn

English Etymology en de Mendelssohn. Proper noun s en Mendelson. en Bill Gladstone The oldest family in the world w:Jewish Telegraphic Agency https://www.jta.org/2004/10/24/lifestyle/the-oldest-family-in-the-world 2004-10-24 The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself. https://web.archive.org/web/20250517092648/https://www.jta.org/2004/10/24/lifestyle/the-oldest-family-in-the-world German Alternative forms de Mendelsohn Mendelsson Etymology From de yi מענדעלסאָן son of de Mendl, a patronymic surname from yi מענדל little man, a diminutive from 1 yi מאַן ־ל ⸚דל man suffix forming diminutive nouns, used hypocoristically and suppletively for he מְנַחֵם Mənaḥēm Menahem, Menachem he comforts, consoles. de Mendel -s- Sohn. Compare en w:Menachem Mendel Menachem Mendel. Pronunciation de /ˈmɛndəlszoːn/ [ˈmɛndl̩szoːn] Proper noun <surname> de an originally Jewish Yiddish Mendelson Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), noted early Romantic composer Declension <surname> Descendants en Mendelson Mendelssohnian Mendelssohnic 1 1 1 fr mendelssohnien 1 Further reading Mendelssohn (surname) Mendelssohn (Familienname) de Mendelsohn de