Iago
//iˈɑːɡəʊ// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name.
- 2 The villain of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello; any similar villain or deceitful underling.
Etymology
From Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician Iago, 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 Yago, Jago, James, Jacob, Jacques, and Santiago.
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