Etymology

johannes

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Today it means: A former Portuguese gold coin. Full definition →

Late Latin Iōhannēs ← Latin Iōannēs ← Koine Greek Ἰωάννης
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The story

  1. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromיוֹחָנָן
  2. Koine Greek · derived fromἸωάννης
  3. Latin · derived fromIōannēs
  4. Late Latin · derived fromIōhannēs
  5. English todayJohannes

From Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān).

Words from the same roots

Late LatinIōhannēs all →

john

LatinIōannēs all →

john

Koine GreekἸωάννης all →

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Biblical Hebrewיוֹחָנָן all →

john

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.