The story
- Hebrew · derived fromיַעֲקֹב“Jacob”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἸάκωβος
- Latin · derived fromIācōbus“James”
- Spanish · borrowed fromYago
- 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 →
Ancient GreekἸάκωβος all →
Hebrewיַעֲקֹב all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.