The story
- Hebrew · derived fromשִׁמְעוֹן“Simon”
- Late Latin · derived fromsimonia
- Old French · derived fromsimonie
- Middle English · inherited fromsimonie
- English todaysimony
From Middle English simonie, symonye, from Old French simonie, from Late Latin simonia, named after Simon Magus (Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (Šimʻôn, “Simon”)), with reference to Acts 8:18–20.
Words from the same roots
Hebrewשִׁמְעוֹן all →
Shimon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.