Where does “dafin” come from?
dafin (Romanian) comes from Late Latin daphinus, from Ancient Greek Δάφνη, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.
dafin (Romanian): laurel
Definitions
- laurel
Ancestry of “dafin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | daphinus | — |
| 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 | ? | — |