# Iacobus
## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Iācōpus (Epigraphic Latin)
* Jācōbus

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /i̯aːˈkoː.bus/, [i̯äːˈkoːbʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /jaˈko.bus/, [jäˈkɔːbus]

### Proper noun

Iācōbus m (genitive Iācōbī); second declension
* a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob or James
    Iacobus Quintus, Rex ScotorumJames V, King of Scots
    Iacobus Dei Gratia Angliæ Primus & Scotiæ Sextus RexJames, King by the Grace of God, the First of England & the Sixth of Scotland

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: Jakob
* → Asturian: Xacobu
* → Basque: Jagoba, Jakobi, Jakes
* → Breton: Jagu
* → Catalan: Jacob
* → Chichewa: Yakobo
* → Cornish: Jago
* → Czech: Jakub
** ⇒ Czech: Kuba (diminutive)
* → Danish: Jakob, Jacob
** → Faroese: Jákup, Jakob, Jacob
** → Icelandic: Jakob, Jakop
* → Estonian: Jaakup, Jaakob, Jaagup
** ⇒ Estonian: Jaak (diminutive)
* → Finnish: Jaakop
** ⇒ Finnish: Jaakoppi, Jaakuppi (diminutive)
** ⇒ Finnish: Jaakko (diminutive)
*** → Northern Sami: Jáhko, Jágo
** ⇒ Finnish: Jäkki, Jaki (diminutive)
** ⇒ Finnish: Jaska, Jaskari, Jassi (diminutive)
** ⇒ Finnish: Jassi, Jasse, Jassu, Jasu (diminutive)
** ⇒ Finnish: Koppi (diminutive)
* → French: Jacob
** → Haitian Creole: Jakòb
* → Friulian: Jacob
* → German: Jakobus
* → Hungarian: Jakab, Jákob
* → Igbo: Jekọb
* → Italian: Jacopo
* ⇒ Italian: Giacobbe, Giacopo
** ⇒ Italian: Giaco (diminutive)
* → Kikuyu: Jakubu
* → Latvian: Jēkabs
* → Lithuanian: Jokūbas
* → Middle Dutch: jacob
** Dutch: Jacob, Jakob, Jacobus, Jakobus
*** Afrikaans: Jacob, Jakob, Jacobus, Jakobus
**** Afrikaans: Cobus, Kobus, Jaco, Jako, Koos
* → Middle English: Iacob
** ⇒ English: Jacob
*** ⇒ English: Jakob, Jaycob, Jaykob
*** ⇒ English: Jake, Jack, Jay (diminutive)
*** ⇒ English: Jeb (diminutive)
*** ⇒ English: Coby, Koby, Kobe (diminutive)
*** → Hawaiian: Iakobo, Iakoba, Iakopo, Iakopa
*** → Maori: Hakopa
* → Middle High German: Jācob
** → Alemannic German: Jakob
*** ⇒ Alemannic German: Jakobli (diminutive)
*** ⇒ Alemannic German: Joggi (diminutive)
*** ⇒ Alemannic German: Jockel (diminutive)
**** ⇒ Alemannic German: Jockeli (diminutive)
*** ⇒ Alemannic German: Köbi, Chöbi (diminutive)
** → Bavarian: Jakob
*** ⇒ Bavarian: Jackl (diminutive)
** Central Franconian:
*** Hunsrik: Jakob
** German: Jakob, Jacob
*** ⇒ German: Jakobi, Jakobi
*** ⇒ German: Jakobchen (diminutive)
*** ⇒ German: Köb, Köbes, Koeeb (diminutive)
*** ⇒ German: Jäggi, Joggi (diminutive)
*** ⇒ German: Jeckel, Jäckel (diminutive)
*** ⇒ German: Jockel, Jokel (diminutive)
**** → English: yokel (noun)
* → Norman: Jâcob
* → Northern Sami: Jáhkot, Jágát
** ⇒ Northern Sami: Járre, Járri (diminutive)
* → Norwegian: Jacob, Jakob
* → Old French: Jacques
** ⇒ French: Jacques
*** Haitian Creole: Jak
*** → Albanian: Zhak, Xhak, Xhakë
*** → Dutch: Sjaak
*** → English: Jacques, Jack (more often a diminutive of John)
*** → Latvian: Žaks
*** → Chinese: → 雅克 (Yǎkè) (transliteration)
** ⇒ Norman: Jacques
* → Old Irish: Iacób, Iacob
** ⇒ Irish: Iacób
* → Old Norse: Jakaupr
** ⇒ Old Gutnish: Jakaup
** ⇒ Old Swedish: Japer, Jåper, Joper, Jopper, Ieppa
*** ⇒ Swedish: Jap Jepp, Jop, Jp, Jåp, Ieb, Iep, Iepp (diminutive)
** ⇒ Old Danish: Jeip, Jep (diminutive)
*** ⇒ Danish: Jep, Jepp, Ib, Ip
** ⇒ Old Danish: Jeppa (diminutive)
*** ⇒ Danish: Jeppe
**** → Swedish: Jeppe, Jeppa
* → Old Galician-Portuguese: Jacob, Jacobe, Jacobo
** Galician: Xacobe, Xacob, Jacobe (reintegrationist), Xagobe, Jagobe (reintegrationist)
** Portuguese: Jacó, Jacob, Jacobe, Jacobo
*** → Hunsrik: Schakoh
* Old Spanish: Yago, Iago
** Spanish: Yago, Iago
*** → Galician: Iago
*** → Portuguese: Iago
* → Polish: Jakub
** ⇒ Polish: Kuba (diminutive)
*** → Vilamovian: Küba
* → Romanian: Iacob
* → Samoan: Iakopo
* ⇒ Sardinian: Giagu, Iacu
* → Scots: Jaucob
* ⇒ Sicilian: Jàbbucu
* → Slovak: Jakub
** ⇒ Slovak: Jaka, Jaša (diminutive)
* → Slovene: Jakob
* → Sotho: Jakobo
* → Spanish: Jacobo
** ⇒ Spanish: Cobo (diminutive)
* → Swahili: Yakobo
* → Swedish: Jacob, Jakob
** ⇒ Swedish: Jacke, Jack (diminutive)
*** → Finnish: Jakke, Jakki, Jaki
* → Vietnamese: Giacôbê (Catholic), Giacơ (Protestant)
* → Walloon: Djåcob
* → Welsh: Iago, Jac
* → West Flemish: Jakob
** ⇒ West Flemish: Jaak (diminutive)
* → Yoruba: Jakọbù
* → Zulu: Jakobe
Late Latin: Iacomus
* Franco-Provençal: Jacquèmo
* Italian: Giacomo
** Italian: Giaco, Giachi, Giacomino, Mino (diminutive)
** → Maltese: Ġakmu
** → Portuguese: Jácomo
* → Navarro-Aragonese:
** → Aragonese: Chaime
* Old French: James
** Middle French: James
*** French: James
** Norman: Jimce
** → Middle English: James, Ȝame, Gemes, Iam, Iames, Iamys, Iame, Ieme
*** ⇒ English: James
**** ⇒ English: Jim (diminutive)
***** ⇒ English: Jimmy, Jimmie, Jimmi, Jimi (diminutive)
***** ⇒ English: Jimbo (diminutive)
****** → Hindi: जिम्बो (jimbo)
***** → Hawaiian: Kimo
**** ⇒ English: Jem (diminutive)
***** ⇒ English: Jemmy (diminutive)
**** ⇒ English: Jamie, Jamey (diminutive)
**** ⇒ English: Jay (diminutive)
**** → Chinese: → 詹姆斯 (Zhānmǔsī) (transliteration)
**** → Cornish: Jammes, Jamma
**** → Danish: James
**** → Fijian: Semesa
**** → Icelandic: James
**** → Irish: Séamas, Séamus, Seumas
***** → English: Seamus, Shamus
**** → Manx: Jayms
**** → Maori: Hemi
**** → Samoan: Semisi
**** → Scottish Gaelic: Seumas
***** → English: Hamish
**** → Swedish: James
**** → Welsh: Siâms
*** ⇒ Scots: Jeams
**** ⇒ Scots: Jeamie, Jeemie, Jamie, Jaimie (diminutive)
**** ⇒ Scots: Jeamock (diminutive)
**** ⇒ Scots: Jamesie (diminutive)
**** ⇒ Scots: Jizer (diminutive)
**** ⇒ Scots: Peem, Pim (diminutive)
***** ⇒ Scots: Pimmie (diminutive)
***** ⇒ Scots: Peemser (diminutive)
*** Yola: Jaames
* Old Leonese:
** Asturian: Xaime
* Old Occitan:
** Catalan: Jaume, Jaumet, Jacme
** Occitan: Jacme
* Old Spanish: Jayme, Jaime
** Spanish: Jaime
** → Old Galician-Portuguese: Jayme, Jaymes, Jaime, Jame, James
*** Galician: Xaime
*** Portuguese: Jaime
* ⇒ Rhaeto-Romance:
** Friulian: Jacum
* Venetan: Jacomo
Sānctus Iācōbus (“Saint James”):
* Italo-Dalmatian:
** Sicilian: San Jàbbucu
* Old Galician-Portuguese: Santiago, Santyago, Sãtiago, Sãtyago, Ssantiago
** Fala: Santiago
** Galician: Santiago
** Portuguese: Santiago
* Old Spanish: Santiago, Sant Iago, Sant Yago, Santo Yago, Santo Iago
** Spanish: Santiago
*** → Asturian: Santiago
*** → Basque: Xanti
*** → Catalan: Santiago
*** → Cebuano: Santiago
*** → English: Santiago
**** English: Sandy, Sandi, Sandie
*** Spanish: Santi