Iago

Translingual

Etymology

From the character in Shakespeare's Othello.

Proper noun

Iago m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Triakidae – houndsharks.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Iago omanensis (big-eye houndshark) - type species; Iago garricki (long-nose houndshark) - other extant species; see Iago on WikispeciesWikispecies for extinct species.

References

• Iago (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Iago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

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, Diego, Santiago, and San Diego.

Proper noun

Iago

1. A male given name.
2. The villain of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello; any similar villain or deceitful underling.

Anagrams

• agio

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Yago, from Old Spanish Yago, from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Xacobe and Xaime.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaɡo/ [ˈjɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈjaɡo/ [ˈjɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈjaħo/ [ˈjɑ.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɡo

• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Rhymes: -aħo

• Hyphenation: Ia‧go

Proper noun

Iago m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob

Related terms

• Santiago

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Iago”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

From English. Doublet of Giacomo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: Ià‧go

Proper noun

Iago m

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• agio, agio-, agiò, gaio

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Yago, from Old Spanish Yago, from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Jacó, Jaime, and Tiago.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡu/, /iˈa.ɡu/ [ɪˈa.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡu/, /iˈa.ɡu/ [ɪˈa.ɡu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡo/, /iˈa.ɡo/ [ɪˈa.ɡo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈja.ɡu/ [ˈja.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -aɡu
• Hyphenation: I‧a‧go

Proper noun

Iago m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɡo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝaɡo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjaɡo/ [ˈja.ɣ̞o]

• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: Ia‧go

Proper noun

Iago m

1. a male given name, variant of Yago