Etymograph

English

Jesu

Jesu comes from Middle English Jesu.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Jesu
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Jesu
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Gradually displaced as the normal form by Jesus in the Middle English and Early Modern English period, but retained or restored especially in a few religious texts on the model of Latin and Greek.

Every English word from Middle English Jesu

Today it means

name Jesus

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

Etymograph / Middle English Jesu / Jesu

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