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Quasimodo

Overview

Gender

masculine

Origin

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days of the week
Disney characters
fictional characters
holidays
Kingdom Hearts characters
literature
The Hunchback of Notre Dame characters
time periods
Victor Hugo characters
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Meaning & Etymology

The name Quasimodo originates from Quasimodo Sunday, the Sunday following Easter, named after the Latin chant 'quasi modo (geniti infantes...)' meaning 'like the way (that newborn infants do...)'. Victor Hugo used this name for the protagonist of his novel 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' (1831), where Quasimodo is a hunchbacked bellringer at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The character was named by Archdeacon Frollo, who found him abandoned as a baby at the cathedral on Quasimodo Sunday. Hugo also...

Etymology

Original Form:

quasi modo (geniti infantes...)

Evolution:

From Latin chant to a personal name

Source:

Latin liturgical chant

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