Where does “Andrea” come from?
Andrea (Spanish) comes from Spanish Andrés, from Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr.
Ancestry of “Andrea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Andrés | — |
| 2 | Latin | Andreās | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἀνδρέας | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | — |