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Where does “abraham” come from?

abraham (English) comes from Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ, from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם — Abraham.

Ancestry of “abraham”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishAbraham—
2Old EnglishAbraham—
3LatinĀbrahām—
4Ancient GreekἈβραάμ—
5HebrewאַבְרָהָםAbraham
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