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Where does “Jessie” come from?

Jessie is the English form of a name derived from Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί, which comes from Hebrew יִשַׁי, a biblical proper name of uncertain meaning.

Jessie (English): A cowardly person, especially a man; an...

Definitions

  1. A cowardly person, especially a man; an...

Ancestry of “Jessie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjessA short strap fastened around the leg of a bird...
2Middle Englishges—
3Middle Frenchgies—
4Middle Frenchjetthrow
5Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
6Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
7Latiniaceō—
8Latin-eō—
9Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
10Proto-Italic-ējō—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
12Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “Jessie”

  • Jessa
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