Anonymous ID: 294fa2 July 28, 2019, 11:08 a.m. No.7230492   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0501

So I’ve looked at Joseph Mifsud and he reminds me of a Jew bc of his head shape. So I got to looking into that….

 

Jews of MALTA

 

“Based on my research through Maltese, Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic dictionaries, the surname Mifsud is from the Arabic meaning "spoiled", from the Hebrew meaning "lost", from the Aramaic root fasad, meaning "damaged".Many other Maltese names appear to be Hebrew in origin and may be an indication of Jewish lineage dating from the middles ages when Jews were taken captive throughout the mediterranean basin and sold to Maltese slave owners.For example: Micallef in Hebrew means "peeled away", Muscat means "loss of hearing", Cutajar means "like a tourist", Sammut means "dislocated".

 

Jewsih roots on Malta likely date back to the time of the biblical figure Zevulun, (Jacob's son), who was a ship merchant and did business throughout the mediterranean lands and Tunis being a major port for his trade.”

 

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/mifsud/12/