Etymograph

English

Sinéad

Sinéad comes from Irish Sinéad, and goes back to Latin Ioanna.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIoanna
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Johannavariant of Ioanna
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Jehanne
  4. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400Jeanette
  5. Irishc. 1200–presentSinéad
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIoanna
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Johannavariant of Ioanna
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Jehanne
  4. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400Jeanette
  5. Irishc. 1200–presentSinéad
  6. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Irish Sinéad, from Old Northern French Jeanette, from Middle French Jehanne + -ette, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.

Every English word from Latin Ioanna

Today it means

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