Where does “Agnes” come from?

Agnes is an English feminine name derived from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή, from ἁγνός meaning pure or chaste, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁yaǵ-.

Ancestry of “Agnes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἉγνήpure, chaste
2Ancient Greekἁγνόςpure, chaste; holy, sacred; purifying
3Ancient Greekἁγνείαpurity, chastity; purification, cleansing
4Ancient Greekᾰ̔γνός—

Words derived from “Agnes”

Every word from Ancient Greek ᾰ̔γνός →Every word from Ancient Greek ἁγνεία →Every word from Ancient Greek ἁγνός →