Where does “Inez” come from?
Inez is the English form of Portuguese Inês, from French Agnès, from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή, derived from ἁγνός meaning pure or chaste, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁yaǵ-.
Ancestry of “Inez”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Inés | — |
| 2 | French | Agnès | — |
| 3 | Latin | Agnes | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἁγνή | pure, chaste |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἁγνός | pure, chaste; holy, sacred; purifying |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἁγνεία | purity, chastity; purification, cleansing |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ᾰ̔γνός | — |
Words derived from “Inez”