Etymograph

English

Jago

Jago comes from Cornish Jago, from Latin Iācōbus ‘James’, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEיַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōḇliterally ‘May He Heel’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸάκωβοςIákōbos
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIācōbus‘James’
  4. CornishmodernJago
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEיַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōḇliterally ‘May He Heel’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸάκωβοςIákōbos
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIācōbus‘James’
  4. CornishmodernJago
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Cornish Jago, from Latin Iācōbus (‘James’), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “May He Heel”), from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel of the foot”), historically mediated by the folk etymology found in Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.

Every English word from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב / Jago

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