Where does “Athanasius” come from?
Athanasius comes from Latin Athanasius, derived from Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος, ultimately from the Ancient Greek adjective ἀθάνατος meaning immortal, composed of ᾰ̓- negation prefix and θάνατος death.
Ancestry of “Athanasius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Athanasius | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀθανάσιος | immortal |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀθάνατος | undying, immortal; everlasting, perpetual;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
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