Where does “Aleksandra” come from?
Aleksandra (English) comes from Russian Алекса́ндра, from Serbo-Croatian Aleksandra, from Serbo-Croatian Aleksandar, from Old Church Slavonic Алеѯандръ, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ — man.
Ancestry of “Aleksandra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Алекса́ндра | Alexandra, female |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Aleksandra | — |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | Aleksandar | — |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | Алеѯандръ | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |