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Where does “Саркисян” come from?

Саркисян (Russian) comes from Armenian Սարգսյան, from Armenian Սարգիս, from Old Armenian Սարգիս, from Classical Syriac ܣܪܓܝܣ, from Latin Sergius.

Ancestry of “Саркисян”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArmenianՍարգսյան—
2ArmenianՍարգիս{{non-gloss definition|given name equivalent to...
3Old ArmenianՍարգիս—
4Classical Syriacܣܪܓܝܣ—
5LatinSergius—
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