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Where does “Stevie” come from?

I need to work through this etymology chain carefully, but I notice there's a significant problem: the chain provided doesn't form a coherent path for "Stevie." The chain given traces backwards through: English Steve → English -y → Ancient Greek Στέφανος → Ancient Greek στέφανος → Latin -ia → Latin -ivus → Latin -ia → Proto-Indo-European -kos This chain is malformed. It jumps from a Greek word (Στέφανος/στέφανος, meaning "crown" or "wreath") to Latin suffixes (-ia, -ivus) rather than showing how those elements actually connect. The Latin suffixes don't derive from the Greek noun; they're separate morphological elements. For "Stevie" to be traced accurately, the chain should show: English Stevie ← English Steve ← Ancient Greek Stephanos (Στέ

Ancestry of “Stevie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSteveAlternative form of STEVE. An atmospheric optical...
2EnglishstevedoreA dockworker involved in loading and unloading...
3Spanishestibadordocker, dockworker, stevedore , longshoreman ,...
4Spanish-adorForm of -dor attached to -ar verb stems. Forms ...
5Spanish-dorForms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel...
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →