Etymograph

English

Jasper

Jasper comes from Old Median *ganǰabarah.

  1. Old Medianmodern*ganǰabarahreconstructed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1920Jasper

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Medianmodern*ganǰabarahreconstructed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1920Jasper

Earliest quotation: 1920, St. John Greer Ervine, Changing Winds: “Her husband is...let me see...oh yes, he's Lord Jasper…”

The story

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.

Every English word from Old Median *ganǰabarah

Today it means

name A male given name from Old Persian.

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

Etymograph / Old Median *ganǰabarah / Jasper

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