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Where does “Silas” come from?

Silas (Old Spanish) comes from Latin Sīlās, from Ancient Greek Σίλας, from Aramaic שְׁאִילָא.

Ancestry of “Silas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSīlās—
2Ancient GreekΣίλας—
3Aramaicשְׁאִילָא—
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