Othello
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- [ o-THEL-o (English) ]
- Literature
Perhaps an Italian diminutive of OTHO. Shakespeare used this name in his tragedy 'Othello' (1603), where it belongs to a Moor who is manipulated by Iago into killing his wife Desdemona.
 | OTHO male Ancient Roman Roman cognomen of unknown meaning. This was the name of a short-lived 1st-century Roman emperor. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Otho |