Where does “Dafne” come from?
Dafne (Portuguese) comes from Latin Dāphne, from Ancient Greek Δάφνη, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.
Dafne (Portuguese): Daphne mythological dryad
Definitions
- Daphne mythological dryad
Ancestry of “Dafne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Dāphne | Daphne |
| 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 | ? | — |