Where does “Timotei” come from?
Timotei (Romanian) comes from Church Slavonic Тимоѳеи, from Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “Timotei”, step by step
Timotei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Church Slavonic Тимоѳеи
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Church Slavonic | Тимоѳеи | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Τιμόθεος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Old Church Slavonic Тимоѳеи
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | Тимоѳеи | — |