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Where does “Avi” come from?

Avi is an English given name derived from Hebrew אבי, a name form related to the Hebrew root for "father."

Ancestry of “Avi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ieForming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns...
2English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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