Erasmus
m.
Ancient Greek ἐράσμιος 'pleasant'.
The name of a 4th C saint and the adopted name of an important 15th-16th C Dutch humanist philosopher.
- Denmark
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- Danish
- ● 1581 Rasmus KD-1 no. 362,
Rasmussis (gen) ibid. no. 362,
Rassmus ibid. no. 362
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 herasmus PP-HenV p. 22;
1562 Erasmus (nom) COmar-vol5 p. 2;
1576 Erasmus CAmar-vol1 p. 3;
1586 Erasmus DEmar-vol2 p. 12
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1592 Aßmuß Tiik1977 p. 285
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1407 Erasem (nom) mairhofer DCLXXXII
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1510 Erasme valencia1510 1432
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Erasmus". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Erasmus.