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Where does “Euphrosyne” come from?

Euphrosyne comes from Ancient Greek Εὐφροσύνη, a goddess name of uncertain origin whose meaning remains unknown to modern scholars.

Ancestry of “Euphrosyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekεὐφροσύνηgleefulness
2Ancient Greek-σύνηForms abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns
3Ancient Greek-συνος—
4Proto-Indo-European-tunos—
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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