Where does “daphne” come from?
daphne (English) comes from Translingual Daphne, from Ancient Greek Δάφνη, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.
daphne (English): Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus...
Definitions
- Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus...
Ancestry of “daphne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Daphne | genus |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Δάφνη | Daphne |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δάφνη | laurel, bay |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | η | Lower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤇 | het; heth |
| 6 | Egyptian | ? | — |