Where does “Varghese” come from?

Varghese (English) comes from Malayalam വർഗീസ്, from Malayalam ഗീവർഗീസ്, from Classical Syriac ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ, 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 “Varghese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവർഗീസ്
2Malayalamഗീവർഗീസ്Saint George, a 3rd century Greek Christian saint and martyr from Cappadocia, Asia Minor
3Classical Syriacܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω
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