Etymology

Ivo

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Today it means: A male given name from the Germanic languages. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *īhwaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*īhwaz“yew, bow”
  2. English todayIvo

Latinate form of a medieval name of Old French origin, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (“yew, bow”). Name of French and English saints. Cognate with modern French Yves.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*īhwaz all →

yew

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.