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Where does “Kevorkian” come from?

Kevorkian (English) comes from Armenian Գևորգյան, from Armenian Գևորգ, from Old Armenian Գէորգ, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος, from Ancient Greek γεωργός, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “Kevorkian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArmenianԳևորգյան—
2ArmenianԳևորգ{{non-gloss definition|given name equivalent to...
3Old ArmenianԳէորգ—
4Ancient GreekΓεώργιοςfarmer, earth-worker
5Ancient Greekγεωργόςtilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer
6Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
7Latin-logia-logy; the study of
8Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
9Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
10Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “Kevorkian”

  • Kevorkianesque
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