English Explanatory Dictionary

Jesu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Jesus

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒiː.zuː/ /ˈd͡ʒiː.suː/ /ˈd͡ʒiː.ʒuː/ /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.zuː/ /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.suː/ /ˈjeɪ.zuː/ /ˈjeɪ.suː/

Word forms

Jesu

Etymology

From Middle English Jesu, from the vocative (and genitive, etc) form Jēsū of Latin Jēsūs, and also reflective of the vocative (and genitive, etc) form Ἰησοῦ (Iēsoû) of Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). Gradually displaced as the normal form by Jesus in the Middle English and Early Modern English period, but retained or restored especially in a few religious texts on the model of Latin and Greek.

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