الرئيس نيكسون
Quiz: Is there any relation
between the name “Nixon” and the Greek language?????
And with the words
“victory” and “people” ??????
ANSWER
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- Nixon
- surname, variant of Nickson, lit. "son of (a man named) Nick, English familiar form of Nicholas.
- Nicholas
- masc. proper name, from Fr. Nicolas, from L. Nicholaus, Nicolaus, from Gk. Nikholaos, lit. "victory-people," from nike "victory" (see Nike) + laos "people" (see lay (adj.)). The saint (obit. 326 C.E.) was a bishop of Myra in Lycia, patron of scholars, especially schoolboys. A popular given name in England in Middle Ages, as was the fem. form Nicolaa, corresponding to Fr. Nicole. Colloquial Old Nick "the devil" is attested from 1640s, evidently from the proper name, but for no certain reason.
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