alt Hacker NewsAren't most of these cases of dropping the final s and maybe a vowel from a latin names instead of adding a diminutive a?
Andreas Lucas Nicolas, etc. (perhaps with different spelling in Latin)
Aren't most of these cases of dropping the final s and maybe a vowel from a latin names instead of adding a diminutive a?
Andreas Lucas Nicolas, etc. (perhaps with different spelling in Latin)
> Aren't most of these cases of dropping the final s
Yes, but also because those names were originally Greek.