Forest of Dean FHT Forum - John ; Latin roots

John ; Latin roots (reply)

slowhands — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:32:08 +0000

Yes I am saying Joannes is Latin for a male;

not Jo-Anne's !

John ; Latin roots (reply)

tonyjenkins — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:00:34 +0000

Hi.

Are we saying Joannes is Male?

Regards

Tony Jenkins

John ; Latin roots (reply)

slowhands — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:24:51 +0000

I and J are often interchanged so
the common latin words to look for are :-

Ioannes
Joannes
Johannes
Johes

John by any other name (reply)

bri — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:56:59 +0000

William by any other name was a very interesting post.
What about John?

William ; Latin roots (reply)

ChrisW — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:16:23 +0000

Why didn't I just ask you?!

Luv
Chris

Latin; use in documents and records pre 1733 (reply)

slowhands — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:14:50 +0000

I guess this echoes the trend from the use of Latin to English, esp in the Clergy / and wills upto the mid 1700's

The period between 1086 and 1733, when Latin was the official language of documents written in England.
After 1733, official documents were written in English, although one or two Clergy continued post 1733 !

William ; Latin roots (reply)

tonyjenkins — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:09:08 +0000

Hi.

Guil appears four times in my family (Jenkins)

William apperas form the mid 1700's

Tony

William ; Latin roots (reply)

slowhands — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:31:12 +0000

The full "latin" forename is Gulielmus

sometimes seen as Guglielmus

shorten forms include:-
Gul.
Guliel
Guil

William by any other name

ChrisW — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:36:30 +0000

I have finally found out that the Latin forename GUIL translates to William. Obvious really wasn't it?

Chris