Reply To: English corresponding to Hebrew

I heard of a book that was written to prove that every single language ultimately derives from Hebrew. Certainly there are many cognates in the English-Hebrew languages. One of the most interesting ones in recent years is a word that is in usage and means all’s well. The word is “copacetic” and it derives from the Hebrew expression “hakol b’seder,” the response of an Israeli fighter (so I heard) to an American query to him as to how the situation was going. The American relayed the message that the Israelis say everything is copacetic.