Where does “Daphne” come from?

Daphne comes from Ancient Greek δάφνη, which is of unknown origin.

Daphne (English): A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus

Definitions

A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	δάφνη	laurel, bay
2	Ancient Greek	η	Lower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ
3	Phoenician	𐤇	het; heth
4	Egyptian	?	—