Etymology

Yago

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Today it means: A male given name from Spanish. Full definition →

Spanish Yago ← Latin Iācōbus ← Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromיַעֲקֹב“Jacob”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἸάκωβος
  3. Latin · derived fromIācōbus“James”
  4. Spanish · borrowed fromYago
  5. English todayYago

From Spanish Yago, 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 Iago, Jago, James, Jacob, and Jacques.

Words from the same roots

LatinIācōbus all →

JamesquinIagoJago

Ancient GreekἸάκωβος all →

JamesJacobSantiagoIagoJagojacobin

Hebrewיַעֲקֹב all →

Iago

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.