The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἹερώνυμος“having a holy name”
- Latin · borrowed fromHierōnymus
- English todayHieronymus
From Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “having a holy name”). Doublet of Geronimo and Jerome.
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekἹερώνυμος all →
Jeromehieronymy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.