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Where does “Abel” come from?
Abel (Romanian) comes from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ, from Hebrew הֶבֶל.
Ancestry of “Abel”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
Abel
Abel
2
Ancient Greek
Ἅβελ
Abel, the son of Adam
3
Hebrew
הֶבֶל
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