IOKOBOS to JAMES

Kevin Barney klbarney at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 4 00:22:53 EDT 2002


The Latin transliteration of the Greek, Iacobus,
became Iacomus in late Latin.  In the romance
languages the name transmogrified to Giacomo in
Italian, Jaime in Spanish, and I believe Iames in
French.  English James is like the French form, but
with an anglicized J.

Kevin Barney
Hoffman Estates, IL
klbarney at yahoo.com


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> Subject: Re: IOKOBOS to JAMES
> From: Clwinbery at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 09:49:47 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 3
> 
> In the GNT the name is most often IAKWBOS, a
> transliteration of Jacob. In Latin the name is
> either IACOBUS or IACOMUS. The latter is brought
> into English as the name James, the consonantal I as
> a J and the CO drops. If you can find a copy of
> Murray, New English Dictionary, it will give a much
> more detailed account of the origin of the name
> James in English.
> 
> Carlton Winbery
> Louisiana College
> 
> 

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Kevin L. Barney
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
klbarney at yahoo.com

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