Where does “Лжедмитрий” come from?

Лжедмитрий (Russian) comes from Russian Дми́трий, from Latin Demetrius, from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος, from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ, from Proto-Hellenic mā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

Лжедмитрий (Russian): False Dmitry (the name refers to various impostors who passed themselves off as Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich)

Definitions

  1. False Dmitry (the name refers to various impostors who passed themselves off as Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich)

Ancestry of “Лжедмитрий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianДми́трийDemetrius
2LatinDemetrius—
3Ancient GreekΔημήτριος—
4Ancient GreekΔημήτηρDemeter
5Ancient Greekμήτηρmother; source or origin
6Proto-Hellenicmā́tērmother
7Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Hellenic mā́tēr →Every word from Ancient Greek μήτηρ →