Nicholas
English
/ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/
proper noun
Definitions
- Best known for St. Nicholas of Myre, on whom Father Christmas is based.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English Nicholas derived from Old French Nicholas derived from Latin Nīcolāus derived from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Νικόλαος
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Nicholasville English
- Nicholine English
- Nicholson English
- Nikolai Finnish
- Nicolaus Latin
- Nīcolāus Latin
- Sanctus, sanctus Latin
- sanctus, [Sanctus] Latin
- Niels German
- Nikolaus German
- Claessen Dutch, Flemish
- Никола́й Russian
- Николай Russian
- Nicolás Spanish, Castilian
- Νικόλαος Ancient Greek
- λᾱός Ancient Greek
- νῑ́κη Ancient Greek
- Nicolau Portuguese
- *sunuz Proto-Germanic
- Nicholas Middle English
- Nioclás Irish
- Niels Danish
- Nielsen Danish
- Nicholas Old French
- Nicolau Catalan, Valencian
- Նիկոլ Armenian
- Niklāvs Latvian
- Nikolajs Latvian
- Koll Albanian
- ნიკოლოზი Georgian
- Микола Ukrainian
- Nings Westrobothnian
- Мікалай Belarusian
- Nils Norwegian
- Nilsen Norwegian
- Niisi Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- Նիկողայոս Middle Armenian