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Where does “Timothée” come from?

Timothée (Middle French) comes from Latin Timotheus, from Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “Timothée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTimotheusTimothy
2Ancient GreekΤιμόθεος—
3Ancient GreekΘεόςGod
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “Timothée”

  • Timothy
  • Timong
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