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How Did John Become Jack? [Solved]
It dates back to the 13th century. In medieval English, diminutives would form on some names by adding -kin to the end, a formation borrowed from Dutch. The medieval equivalent of ‘John’ was ‘Jan’, which became ‘Jankin’, then ‘Jackin’, and finally ‘Jack’.
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