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Where does “Bel” come from?

Bel comes from English Isabel, from Ancient Greek Βῆλος, from Akkadian 𒂗, ultimately from Proto-Semitic baʿl-.

Ancestry of “Bel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIsabel—
2SpanishIsabel—
3PortugueseIsabel—
4Old OccitanElisabel—
5LatinElisabeth—
6Ancient GreekἘλισάβετ—
7Hebrewאלישבעmy God is an oath; the Lord is her oath
8Hebrewאֵלa God; God, deity; god, God
9Hebrewשמואל—
10Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל—
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