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Where does “Mateescu” come from?

Mateescu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Matei, from Old Church Slavonic Матѳеи, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος, from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway-.

Ancestry of “Mateescu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianMatei—
2Old Church SlavonicМатѳеи—
3Ancient GreekΜατθαῖος—
4Hebrewמַתִּתְיָהוּ—
5HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
6Proto-Semitic*haway-—
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