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
Yankeedom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English yankee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yankee | A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a... |
| 2 | Dutch | Janke | Little John |
| 3 | Dutch | Jan | — |
| 4 | Norwegian Bokmål | Johannes | John; the name of several figures in the New Testament |
| 5 | Icelandic | Jóhannes | — |
| 6 | Latin | Iōhannēs | — |
| 7 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 9 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 10 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 11 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 12 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |