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Biblical Hebrew roots
Language context for this entry: Latin
[i.oˈan.nes] · Latin (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
01 / Meaning & origin
Ioannes is a masculine given name documented in Latin. English Wiktionary traces it to Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן via Koine Greek.
From the Koine Greek Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννης (Ĭōắnnēs), a contraction of the Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān); see English John for more. The pattern was changed from a first declension pattern to a third declension pattern.
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04 / Through time
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head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963
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Head of the Catholic Church from 872 to 882
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Head of the Catholic Church from 955 to 964
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06 / Behind the facts
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