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• Tryenjer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Diego (Diogo in Portuguese) is a modification of the name Tiago which in turn is the diminutive of Santiago which is the name of the apostle James in Spanish and Portuguese.

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  • Enkrod@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tiago -> Iago -> Iakobus -> Jacob -> James

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    • GreatRam@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So Jacob and James come from the same origin?

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      • Enkrod@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That is correct. Greek Iakóbos to Latin Iacobus to Jakobus to late latin Jacomus to early French Jammes to english James

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  • GuyjinBu@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In the streets of shame Where you’ve lost your dreams in the rain There’s no signs of hope The stems and seeds of the last of the dope There’s a glow of light The Saint Jimmy is the spark in the night Bearing gifts and trust A fixture in the city of lust

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  • jimjam5@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t mind that at all lol has a nice ring to it. But I would feel insulted if I don’t get treated well in a city where I’m a saint.

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    • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      jimjam5 wouldn’t mind the name Saint Jim?

      I feel you’re biased 😋

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• Maeve@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Tiago > Yahoo > Jacob > James. It’s still a dumb demand.

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• AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s English for ya! You would think that after the Great Vowel Shift people would have considered re-spelling words and names to more properly fit their roots, but evidently instead they just decided to start pronouncing everything wrong.

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  • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It also seems like English changing the letter J from a /j/ sound to a /dzj/ sound didn’t help, going by how “Iacobus” became James (or I could see Jacob in there… With English’ old J)

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    • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yup, that’s the part that drives me most crazy.

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• oo1@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a less popular name “Jago” in English that would fit. I think that also comes from Jacob or Iago.

  So I reckon “Saint Jago”

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