Where does “Mateus” come from?

Mateus (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese Mateus, from Latin matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος, from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Mateus (Portuguese): Matthew Jesus’s disciple

Definitions

  1. Matthew Jesus’s disciple

Ancestry of “Mateus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PortugueseMateus—
2Latinmatthaeusof biblical origin
3Ancient GreekΜατθαῖοςdisciple of Jesus in Christianity
4Hebrewמַתִּתְיָהוּ—
5HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
6Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen

Words derived from “Mateus”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →Every word from Hebrew יהוה →Every word from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ →