Etymograph

English

Shaun

Shaun comes from Irish Seán, and goes back to Koine Greek Ἰωάννης.

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἸωάννηςIōánnēs
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEJohannes
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Jehan
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentSeán
  5. EnglishtodayShaun

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἸωάννηςIōánnēs
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEJohannes
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Jehan
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentSeán
  5. EnglishtodayShaun

The story

A variant of Sean, from Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).

Every English word from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης

Today it means

name A male given name from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Koine Greek Ἰωάννης / Shaun

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