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
- A cowardly person, especially a man; an...
Ancestry of “Jessie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jess | A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird... |
| 2 | Middle English | ges | — |
| 3 | Middle French | gies | — |
| 4 | Middle French | jet | throw |
| 5 | Latin | iactus | thrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 8 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |