Patristic A.D. 735
“(ubi sup.) But Hosanna is a Hebrew word, made out of two, one imperfect the other perfect. For save, or preserve, is in their language, hosy; but anna is a supplicatory interjection, as in Latin heu is an exclamation of grief.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 11:1-10
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842) ↗