Words that come from Ancient Greek “Ἰησοῦς”

75 words across 44 languages descend from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς — including Jesus, gee, geez, agee, jeepers, Jesusy, Jesuslike, Jesusolatry.

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English (14)

Old Church Slavonic (4)

Czech (3)

Spanish (3)

Latin (2)

Icelandic (2)

Cebuano (2)

Faroese (2)

Chinese (2)

Ligurian (2)

Romanian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle English (2)

Dutch (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle High German (1)

Samoan (1)

Catalan (1)

French (1)

Mirandese (1)

Armenian (1)

Choctaw (1)

Asturian (1)

Galician (1)

Aragonese (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Japanese (1)

Yup'ik (1)

Swedish (1)

Gothic (1)

Zulu (1)

Burmese (1)

Polish (1)

Old Armenian (1)

Guerrero Amuzgo (1)

Portuguese (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Occitan (1)

Ladino (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Old Czech (1)

Russian (1)