Where does “Jason” come from?

Jason derives from Ancient Greek ἰάομαι, a verb meaning to heal.

Jason (English): The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias

Definitions

  1. The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias

Ancestry of “Jason”, step by step

Jason traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English James

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJamesThe twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James
2Middle EnglishJamesJames the Greater or James the Less apostles
3Old Frenchjamésever; never
4Latiniamalready; now; anymore
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyā́m—

via Ancient Greek Ἰάσων

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἸάσων—
2Ancient GreekἰάομαιI cure, I heal; I repair

Words derived from “Jason”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyā́m →Every word from Latin iam →Every word from Old French jamés →