I doubt the name came from the word "jew".

It's more likely it came from the old French term "Jouel", and that word probably came from the Latin term "jocale".

Then you need to look at the etymology of the word "jew". It begins with old Hebrew "Yehudi" and goes through a couple of different transitions through Greek and Latin where it eventually ends up in Old French as "giu". Then it comes into English as "jew".

Both words went through Old French before we eventually ended up with the English variations. So if the term "jewelry" was going to be named after the word "jew", it would have done so well before it filtered down to modern English.

Sometimes we need to remember that the entire world doesn't speak English, and the English terms for both "jewelry" and "jew" are pretty modern terms for words that have existed in various languages for thousands of years.

I doubt the name came from the word "jew".

It's more likely it came from the old French term "Jouel", and that word probably came from the Latin term "jocale".

Then you need to look at the etymology of the word "jew". It begins with old Hebrew "Yehudi" and goes through a couple of different transitions through Greek and Latin where it eventually ends up in Old French as "giu". Then it comes into English as "jew".

Both words went through Old French before we eventually ended up with the English variation. So if the term "jewelry" was going to be named after the word "jew", it would have done so well before it filtered down to modern English.

Sometimes we need to remember that the entire world doesn't speak English, and the English terms for both "jewelry" and "jew" are pretty modern terms for words that have existed in various languages for thousands of years.

I doubt the name came from the word "jew".

It's more likely it came from the old French term "Jouel", and that word probably came from the Latin term "jocale".

Then you need to look at the etymology of the word "jew". It begins with old Hebrew "Yehudi" and goes through a couple different transitions through Greek and Latin where it eventually ends up in Old French as "giu". Then it comes into English as "jew".