Where does “Hieronymus” come from?
Hieronymus comes from Latin Hieronymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος, combining ἱερός (sacred) with ὄνυμα (name), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ and h₃neh₃-.
Ancestry of “Hieronymus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Hierōnymus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἱερώνυμος | holy name |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |