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Jesu

[ jee-zoo, -soo, jey-, yey- ]

noun

Literary.


Jesu

/ ˈːː /

noun

  1. a poetic name for or vocative form of Jesus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jesu1

1150–1200; Middle English < Late Latin ŧ, oblique (originally vocative) form of ŧܲ < Greek ŧû; Jesus
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jesu1

C17: from Late Latin, vocative of Jesus

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