Etymograph

English

José

José comes from Old Galician-Portuguese Josep, and goes back to Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸωσήφ
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIōsēphus
  3. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500Josep
  4. Portuguesec. 1500–presentJosé
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2006same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸωσήφ
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIōsēphus
  3. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500Josep
  4. Portuguesec. 1500–presentJosé
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2006same form

Earliest quotation: 2006, Cynthia Ongpin Valdes, At My Grandfather's Knee: A Portrait of Alfonso T. Ongpin: “As an ardent admirer and devotee of Dr José…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ

Today it means

name A male given name from Spanish, variant of Jose.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ / José

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