English
Simon
Simon comes from Anglo-Norman Simon.
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400Simon
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1611same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400Simon
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1611same form
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Now the names of the twelue Apoſtles are theſe:…”
The story
From Middle English Simon, Symond, Symounde, from Anglo-Norman Simon, Simond, Simund, a conflation of two unrelated names: one from Latin Simon, from Koine Greek Σίμων (Símōn), strictly from Ancient Greek—likely σῑμός (sīmós, “snub-nosed”)—but used for Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn), doublet of Simeon; the other from Old Norse Sigmundr or Old English Siġemund, both from Proto-Germanic *Sigimunduz (literally “Protector of victory”), whence also Sigmund and Siegmund.
Every English word from Anglo-Norman Simon
Today it means
name Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Anglo-Norman Simon / Simon