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Where does “simonie” come from?

simonie (French) comes from Old French simonie, from Latin simonia, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן — Simon; hearkening, listening.

simonie (French): simony

Definitions

  1. simony

Ancestry of “simonie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsimoniesimony
2Latinsimoniasimony
3HebrewשִׁמְעוֹןSimon; hearkening, listening
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