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Where does “игумен” come from?

игумен (Macedonian) comes from Old Church Slavonic игоумєнъ, from Byzantine Greek ἡγούμενος.

игумен (Macedonian): hegumen, abbot

Definitions

  1. hegumen, abbot

Ancestry of “игумен”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicигоумєнъ—
2Byzantine Greekἡγούμενος—
Every word from Byzantine Greek ἡγούμενος →