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Where does “Shlomo” come from?

Shlomo is the English rendering of the Biblical Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה, whose original meaning is unknown.

Ancestry of “Shlomo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewשְׁלֹמֹה—
2Hebrewשָׁלוֹםpeace, well-being; Hello, good-bye
3Proto-Semiticšalām-peace, well-being, welfare
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