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Where does “Sophie” come from?

Sophie derives from Ancient Greek σοφός through English Sophy and English Sophia, ultimately from the Greek word meaning wise or skilled.

Sophie (English): Archaic spelling of Sophy

Definitions

  1. Archaic spelling of Sophy

Ancestry of “Sophie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSophyA title of a Safavid dynasty shah
2Middle Englishsophiesophy; God
3Latinsophiawisdom
4Ancient Greekσοφίαskill or cleverness in carpentry, music, or other...
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Sophie”

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