Where does “Jerónimo” come from?

Jerónimo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese Jeronimo, from Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

Jerónimo (Portuguese): Brazilian variant of Jerónimo

Definitions

  1. Brazilian variant of Jerónimo

Ancestry of “Jerónimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PortugueseJeronimo
2LatinHierōnymus
3Ancient GreekἹερώνυμοςholy name
4Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
5Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα
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