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Where does “effendi” come from?

Effendi comes from Ottoman Turkish افندی, borrowed from Greek αφέντη, which derives from Ancient Greek αὐτός meaning "self."

effendi (English): An educated or well-respected man in an eastern...

Definitions

  1. An educated or well-respected man in an eastern...

Ancestry of “effendi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishefendimaster, sir
2Ottoman Turkishافندیmister, lord, sir, effendi a title applied to...
3Greekαφέντηςmaster, boss; ruler, prince
4Byzantine Greekἀφέντης—
5Ancient Greekαὐθέντηςa perpetrator of any act, especially that he...
6Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
7Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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