Etymograph

English

Shawn

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

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἸωάννηςIōánnēs
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEJōhannēs
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Jehan
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentSeán
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1984Shawn

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἸωάννηςIōánnēs
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEJōhannēs
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Jehan
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentSeán
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1984Shawn

Earliest quotation: 1984, Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine: “Two weeks later Dot and her girl, who was…”

Every English word from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης

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Etymograph / Koine Greek Ἰωάννης / Shawn

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