Iago

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Iago

/iˈɑːɡəʊ/ UK
/iˈɑɡoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːɡəʊ

Where it comes from

From Welsh, Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician Iago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Yago, Jago, James, Jacob, Jacques, and Santiago.

proper noun

A male given name.
The villain of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello; any similar villain or deceitful underling.

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"Iago." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/iago. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Iago. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/iago

Chicago

"Iago." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/iago.

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@misc{iago_2026,
  title = {Iago},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/iago},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}