Zachary

The story

1. Koine Greek · borrowed fromΖαχαρίας
2. Latin · borrowed fromZacharias
3. Hebrew · derived fromזְכַרְיָה“Yahweh has remembered”
4. English todayZachary

From clipped forms of Zachariah and Zacharias + -y, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā, “Yahweh has remembered”) via Latin Zacharias and Koine Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías). As an American city, named after the farmer Darel Zachary who sold the land for a local depot on the Illinois Central Railroad in the 1880s. Doublet of Zach, Zacharias, Zachariah, Zechariah, Zakariya, and Jakariya.

Words from the same roots