Where does “Yankeedom” come from?
Yankeedom (English) comes from English yankee, from Dutch Janke, from Dutch Jan, from Norwegian Bokmål Johannes, from Icelandic Jóhannes, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης.
Yankeedom (English): The region inhabited by Yankees; The condition,...
Definitions
- The region inhabited by Yankees; The condition,...
Ancestry of “Yankeedom”, step by step