The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΝικόλαος
- Latin · derived fromNīcolāus
- Old French · derived fromNicholas
- Middle English · derived fromNicholas
- English todayNicholas
From Middle English Nicholas, from Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + λαός (laós, “people”).
Words from the same roots
LatinNīcolāus all →
Nels
Ancient GreekΝικόλαος all →
NelsNikolaos
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.