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yago

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
ya-go
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Spanish.

Etymology

From Spanish Yago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Iago, Jago, James, Jacob, and Jacques.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Yago, Iacobus, Ἰάκωβος, יַעֲקֹב

Questions

What does yago mean?
A male given name from Spanish.
Where does yago come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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