Iago

The story

1. Hebrew · derived fromיַעֲקֹב“Jacob”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἸάκωβος
3. Latin · derived fromIācōbus“James”
4. Galician · borrowed fromIago
5. English todayIago

From Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician Iago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Yago, Jago, James, Jacob, Jacques, and Santiago.

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